Usually means: Perceived temperature considering humidity effects.
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  1. heat index: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. heat index: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heat index: Wiktionary
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  6. Heat Index, Heat index: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  8. heat index: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Heat Index: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
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Definitions from Wiktionary (heat index)

▸ noun:  (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.

Similar:
temperature-humidity index, humidex, humiture, heat storm, heat wave, heat, hygrometer, heat haze, Icehouse, relative humidity, more...

Opposite:
wind chill, cold index, frost index

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Similar:
temperature-humidity index, humidex, humiture, heat storm, heat wave, heat, hygrometer, heat haze, Icehouse, relative humidity, more...

Opposite:
wind chill, cold index, frost index



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