"wet bulbing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: wet + bulb + -ing, after the wet bulb of a psychrometer which is cooled by evaporation. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|wet|bulb|-ing}} wet + bulb + -ing, {{l|en|psychrometer}} psychrometer Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wet bulbing (uncountable)
  1. (meteorology) Cooling caused by evaporation. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Meteorology Synonyms: wet-bulbing
    Sense id: en-wet_bulbing-en-noun-A3kbZylk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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