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Webster 1913 Edition

Dampness

Damp′ness

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Noun.

Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dampness

DAMP'NESS

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Noun.

Moisture; fogginess; moistness; moderate humidity; as the dampness of the air, of the ground, or of a cloth.

Definition 2024

dampness

dampness

English

Noun

dampness ‎(usually uncountable, plural dampnesses)

Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
The degree to which something is damp or moist.
The dampness in the writing paper caused the ink to spread and smudge.

Translations

moderate humidity

Dutch: vochtigheid (nl)
Finnish: kosteus (fi)
Latvian: mitrums m, miklums m, valgums m, valganums

Persian: زغار (fa) ‎(zaqâr)
Romanian: umezeală (ro) f
Russian: вла́жность (ru) f ‎(vlážnostʹ), сы́рость (ru) f ‎(sýrostʹ)
Swedish: fuktighet c, fukt (sv)

degree to which something is damp

Dutch: vochtigheid (nl), vochtigheidsgraad (nl)
Finnish: kosteus (fi)

Russian: вла́жность (ru) f ‎(vlážnostʹ)
Swedish: fuktighet c, fuktighetsgrad c