English Explanatory Dictionary

apparent temperature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The temperature perceived by humans, resulting from the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apparent, temperature.

Word forms

apparent temperature apparent temperatures

Etymology

Invented by Robert Steadman, who published a paper about it in 1984.

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