"heat index" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heat indexes [plural], heat indices [plural]
Etymology: From heat + index. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heat|index}} heat + index Head templates: {{en-noun|+|heat indices}} heat index (plural heat indexes or heat indices)
  1. (US, meteorology) A figure used by American meteorologists to describe the apparent heat felt by a person as the result of a combination of temperature and humidity. Tags: US Categories (topical): Meteorology, Temperature Hypernyms: index Related terms: windchill, windchill factor Coordinate_terms: humidex [Canadian-English] Translations (figure used to describe the apparent heat felt by a person): Hitzeindex [masculine] (German), index de căldură [neuter] (Romanian), ısı indeksi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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