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   humidity

   /hjʊˈmɪdɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the state or quality of being humid.
   • ▪ a quantity representing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere or in a gas: "the temperature is seventy-seven, the humidity in the low thirties"
   • ▪ atmospheric moisture: "the humidity should be supplied by regularly spraying the leaves"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French humidite or Latin humiditas, from humidus (see humid).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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