HUMIDITY

n. Hu2-mi2d'i2-ti2. From humid us, moist. Fr., humidite. Ger., Feuchtigkeit. It., umiditd. Sp., humedad. The state of being humid. Absolute h. Ger., absolute Feuchtigkeit. As applied to the atmosphere, the actual weight of vapor of water in a given bulk; usually reckoned in grains to the cubic foot. [C. Denison, " N. Y. Med. Jour.,11 Nov. 28, 1885, p. 600.] Relative h. Ger., relative Feuchtigkeit. As applied to the atmosphere, the proportion of its actual amount of moisture to what it would contain if saturated; saturation being 100, the relative h. is expre ed in hundredths. [C. Denison, I. c.] [s. 365]