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apparent temperature
apparent temperature
- See heat index
Example Sentences
Apparent temperature — a combination of temperature and humidity — hit 138 F Friday morning in Rio, the highest index ever recorded there.
"I could potentially change the apparent temperature down to something close to the background temperature. If anyone was using a thermal camera, I'd just blend into the background," Prof Dalton says.
The cause of the unexpectedly high observed apparent temperature sensitivity therefore remains a mystery.
The researchers did not determine the cause of the apparent temperature drop, but Parsonnet thinks it could be a combination of factors, including warmer clothing, indoor temperature controls, a more sedentary way of life and—perhaps most significantly—a decline in infectious diseases.
The NWS defines a wind chill index as the apparent temperature, plus the effect of falling temperatures and the rate of heat loss from a human body, caused by the wind.
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