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hu⋅mi⋅ture

  [hyoo-mi-cher, -choor or, often, yoo-]
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–noun
1. a measure of the discomfort most people feel because of the combined effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity; variously defined as Fahrenheit temperature plus some function of vapor pressure.
2. (formerly) the average of the Fahrenheit temperature and the relative humidity.
Origin:
humi(dity) + (tempera)ture
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heat index  
n.  A measurement of the air temperature in relation to the relative humidity, used as an indicator of the perceived temperature. Also called apparent temperature, humiture.
hu·mi·ture   (hyōō'mĭ-chər)   
n.  See heat index.

[humi(dity) + (tempera)ture.]
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humiture   (hy'mĭ-chər)  Pronunciation Key 
See heat index.
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