humidity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/
(UK)
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/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/ (UK) · /hjuːˈmɪd.ɪ.ti/ (UK) · /hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/ · [hjuˈmɪɾ.ə.ti] · [hjuˈmɪɾ.ə.ɾi] · /hjʉːˈmɪd.ə.ti/ · [hjʉːˈmɪɾ.ə.ti] · [hjʉːˈmɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
Definition of humidity
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Dampness, especially that of the air.
“The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)Dampness, especially that of the air.
“The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot.”
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(uncountable, usually)The amount of water vapour in the air.
“Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.
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