absolute humidity

collocation in English

meaningsofabsoluteandhumidity

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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humidity
noun[U]
uk
/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/us
/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.t̬i/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandhumidityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Measurements revealed the internalabsolutehumidityto be consistently higher than external absolute humidity, but the rate of cooling attributable to evaporation is difficult to estimate from the measurements made.
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Is it not necessary that more adequate records should be taken of relative andabsolutehumidityfor other purposes?
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He found that the kinetic differences between hydrogen-1 and deuterium related to the temperature of source water, and theabsolutehumidity.
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Absolutehumidityis the water content of air.
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Cooling of the human body through perspiration is inhibited as the wet-bulb temperature (andabsolutehumidity) of the surrounding air increases in summer.
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Reducing theabsolutehumiditywithout changing other variables will bring the dew point back down to its initial value.
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For a given dewpoint and its correspondingabsolutehumidity, the relative humidity will change inversely, albeit nonlinearly, with the temperature.
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The low humidity is a consequence of drawing in the very cold air with a lowabsolutehumidity, which is found at airliner cruising altitudes.
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Some studies have also suggested thatabsolutehumidityis important.
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In the same way, increasing theabsolutehumidityafter a temperature drop brings the dew point back down to its initial level.
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Although relative humidity is low in the arid environment, theabsolutehumidityis high enough for moisture to condense when driven up a mountain range.
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Relative humidity, expressed as a percent, measures the currentabsolutehumidity"relative" to the maximum for that temperature.
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The subsident (sinking) air is relatively dry because, as it descends, the temperature increases but theabsolutehumidityremains constant, which lowers the relative humidity of the air mass.
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