"wet bulb temperature" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: dry bulb temperature"
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          "text": "And a wet-bulb temperature of 35 will kill humans, even if unclothed and in the shade; the combination of heat and humidity prevents sweating from dissipating heat, and death by hyperthermia soon results.",
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        "The temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked (water at ambient temperature) cloth over which air is passed."
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        "(meteorology) The temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked (water at ambient temperature) cloth over which air is passed."
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          "word": "märkälämpötila"
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