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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat index

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
heat in-dex
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

American usage

Etymology

From heat + index.

Usage

Inflected Forms

heat indexes (plural) heat indices (plural)

Phrases

windchill factor

Frequently Paired Words

windchill windchill factor humidex

Questions

What does heat index mean?
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.
Where does heat index come from?
From heat + index.

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