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2006-12-07 20:52:56 · 5 answers · asked by mastermind 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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Humidity is a damp heat as opposed to a dry heat

2006-12-07 20:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bella 7 · 0 0

Humidity is the amount of water vapor in an air sample. There are three different ways to measure humidity: absolute humidity, relative humidity, and specific humidity. Relative humidity is the most frequently encountered measurement of humidity because it is regularly used in weather forecasts. It’s an important part of weather reports because it indicates the likelihood of precipitation, dew, or fog. Higher relative humidity also makes it feel hotter outside in the summer because it reduces the effectiveness of sweating to cool the body by preventing the evaporation of perspiration from the skin. This effect is calculated in a heat index table. Warmer air has more thermal energy than cooler air; thus more water molecules can evaporate and stay in the air in a vapour state rather than a liquid state when the air is warmer. This may be why people erroneously state that warmer air "holds" more moisture — in warmer air, there is more energy for more water molecules to hold themselves in the air (and overcome hydrogen bonds which seek to pull water molecules together).

2006-12-08 04:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by Katsika 2 · 0 0

Humidity:noun
1-the quality of being (humid:(of air and weather conditions)) containing extremely small drops of water in the air:

I don't like the humidity of this climate.

2 a measurement of how much water there is in the air:
The temperature is almost eighty degrees, the humidity in the low

2006-12-08 05:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air. For more see...
htp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/humidity

2006-12-08 04:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0 0

state OR QUALITY OF BEING HUMID a quantity representing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere or a gas

2006-12-08 04:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 0 0

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