heat index

== English == === Etymology === From heat +‎ index. === Noun === heat index (plural heat indexes or heat indices) (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. ==== Hypernyms ==== index ==== Coordinate terms ==== humidex (Canadian English) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== windchill, windchill factor === References === heat index on Wikipedia.Wikipedia