dew point

See also: dewpoint

English

Alternative forms

• dewpoint

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Noun

dew point (plural dew points)

1. The temperature at which the air becomes saturated and water vapor condenses to form dew.

   Coordinate terms: boiling point, frost point, freezing point, triple point

Related terms

• dewing

Translations

temperature

Catalan: punt de rosada m Chinese: Mandarin: 露點 / 露点 (zh) (lùdiǎn) Czech: rosný bod m Dutch: dauwpunt (nl) Esperanto: rosopunkto Estonian: kastepunkt Finnish: kastepiste (fi) French: point de rosée (fr) m Galician: punto de orballo (gl) m German: Taupunkt m Greek: σημείο δρόσου (el) n (simeío drósou) Haitian Creole: pwen woze Hebrew: נקודת טל Icelandic: daggarmark n Irish: drúchtphointe m Italian: punto di rugiada m Japanese: 露点 (ja) (ろこてん, roten) Kazakh: шық нүктесі (şyq nüktesı) Korean: 이슬점 (ko) (iseuljeom), 노점(露點) (ko) (nojeom) Macedonian: точка на роса f (točka na rosa) Norwegian: duggpunkt n Portuguese: ponto de condensação m, ponto de orvalho m Romanian: punct de condensare n, punct de înrourare n Russian: точка росы (točka rosy) Sindhi: ماڪ پد m (māk pd) Spanish: punto de rocío m, punto de condensación m Swedish: daggpunkt (sv) c Thai: จุดน้ำค้าง Ukrainian: точка роси f (točka rosy) Welsh: gwlithbwynt m

See also

• vapor pressure