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Definition of Relative humidity
1. Noun. The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage.
Definition of Relative humidity
1. Noun. The ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Relative Humidity
Literary usage of Relative humidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Climatology by Julius von Hann (1903)
"As the relative humidity usually varies greatly during the day, it is necessary,
in climatic tables, to give not only the mean for the day, ..."
2. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The characteristics of the annual variation in relative humidity. 197. The annual
variation in relative humidity may be found by plotting to scale the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"But for the extremities of the scale, from 0 to about 20 per cent, and from about
85 to 100 per cent, the reading indicating the relative humidity seemed ..."
4. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1904)
"Sunshine and relative humidity.—Not the least among the elements of climate are
those that add to the pleasure of living within an area. ..."
5. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"HUMIDITY Absolute and relative humidity. The amount of moisture which the air
contains is its absolute humidity. The percentage of moisture which air ..."
6. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The vapor tension or the absolute humidity indicates how much water vapor the
air contains, while the relative humidity is an expression of how much vapor ..."
7. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"The vapor tension or the absolute humidity indicates how much water vapor the
air contains, while the relative humidity is an expression of how much vapor ..."
8. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"HUMIDITY and relative humidity. The amount of moisture the air contains is its
absolute humidity. The percentage of moisture which air contains at any ..."
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