Meanings
adjectivewet-bulb (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.
The wet-bulb temperatures in South Asia this spring have been called “unsurvivable.” But in a lot of coverage, the complexities and nuances of wet-bulb measures are lost, Huber said.
2022 July 14, David Wallace-Wells, “The Mysteriously Low Death Toll of the Heat Waves in India and Pakistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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wet-bulb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet-bulb
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“wet-bulb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet-bulb. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet-bulb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet-bulb.
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