humidity

English

Etymology

From Middle English humidite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin humiditas, from Latin umidus (“damp, moist, wet”)

Noun

humidity (usually uncountable; plural humidities)

1. dampness, especially that of the air.
2. the amount of water vapour in the air.

Derived terms

• absolute humidity
• relative humidity
• specific humidity

Related terms

• humid
• humidifier
• humidify
• dew point
• hygrometer

Translations

dampness, especially that of the air

Asturian: humedanza (ast) f. Bulgarian: влажност (bg) (vlážnost) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 濕度 (zh), 湿度 (zh) (shīdù) Czech: vlhkost (cs) f. Dutch: luchtvochtigheid (nl) f. Finnish: kosteus (fi) French: humidité (fr) f. German: Feuchtigkeit (de) f.

Japanese: 湿気 (ja) (しっけ, shikke) Macedonian: влага (mk) (vlága) f. Polish: wilgotność (pl) Portuguese: umidade (pt) f. Russian: влажность (ru) (vlážnost') f. Sindhi: اٻس f. Spanish: humedad (es) f. Swedish: luftfuktighet (sv) c.

amount of water vapour in the air

Czech: vlhkost (cs) f. Dutch: luchtvochtigheid (nl) f. Finnish: ilmankosteus German: Luftfeuchtigkeit (de) f. Japanese: 湿度 (ja) (しつど, shitsudo) Macedonian: влажност (mk) (vlážnnost) f.

Polish: wilgotność (pl) f. Portuguese: umidade (pt) f. Sindhi: گھم f. Spanish: humedad (es) f. Swedish: luftfuktighet (sv) c.

See also

• Humidity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia