heat index

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From heat +‎ index.

Noun[edit]

heat index (plural heat indexes or heat indices)

(US, meteorology) A figure used by American meteorologists to describe the apparent heat felt by a person as the result of a combination of temperature and humidity.

Hypernyms[edit]

index

Coordinate terms[edit]

humidex (Canadian English)

Translations[edit]

figure used to describe the apparent heat felt by a person

German: Hitzeindex m
Romanian: index de căldură n
Turkish: ısı indeksi

See also[edit]

windchill, windchill factor

References[edit]

heat index on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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