Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humidity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humidity \Hu*mid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. humidit['e].]
Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is
perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the
atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from
the atmosphere, as clothing.
Note: In hygrometrical reports (as of the United States
Signal Service) complete saturation of the air is
designated by Humidity 100, and its partial saturation
by smaller numbers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humidity
n : wetness in the atmosphere [syn: {humidness}]
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