wet bulb

noun

A wet-bulb heatwave.

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Meanings

nounwet bulb (plural wet bulbs)

plural wet bulbs

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of wet bulb temperature
  2. informalA wet-bulb heatwave.

    This June, r/collapse was busy discussing the developing conflict between Iran and Israel, as well as “wet bulbs” (a far more humid and deadly type of heatwave), the millions of air conditioners being bought in India as temperatures rise and Trump’s plan to end Fema.

    2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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wet bulb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20bulb

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet bulb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20bulb.

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