Meanings
nounrelative humidity (countable and uncountable, plural relative humidities)
plural relative humidities
- countableuncountableclimatologyThe ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 相對濕度 /相对湿度
- 相對濕度 /相对湿度 (xiāngduì shīdù)amount of water vapor in the air
Finnish suhteellinen kosteus
- suhteellinen kosteusamount of water vapor in the air
Hungarian relatív páratartalom
- relatív páratartalomamount of water vapor in the air
Japanese 相対湿度
- 相対湿度 (sōtai shitsudo)amount of water vapor in the air
Portuguese umidade relativa
- umidade relativaamount of water vapor in the air
Russian относи́тельная вла́жность, относи́тельная вла́жность во́здуха
- относи́тельная вла́жность (otnosítelʹnaja vlážnostʹ)amount of water vapor in the air
- относи́тельная вла́жность во́здуха (otnosítelʹnaja vlážnostʹ vózduxa)amount of water vapor in the air
Thai ความชื้นสัมพัทธ์
- ความชื้นสัมพัทธ์ (kwaam-chʉ́ʉn-sǎm-pát)amount of water vapor in the air
Cite this entry
APA
relative humidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relative%20humidity
MLA
“relative humidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relative%20humidity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relative humidity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relative%20humidity.
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