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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /diːˌhjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/

動詞

dehumidify (third-person singular simple present dehumidifies, present participle dehumidifying, simple past and past participle dehumidified)

1. To reduce the moisture in a body of air; to lower the humidity.

   Many air conditioners, in addition to reducing the temperature, also dehumidify the air.

   • 1949, Proceedings of the ... Consolidated Convention of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, page 159:

     The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.

   • 1960 August, G. Freeman Allen, “The new diesel-electric luxury Pullman units of British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 475:

     [...] the compressor and condenser units of the refrigeration apparatus, which cools and de-humidifies the air entering the cars, are underframe-mounted, with evaporator units in the ceiling, [...].

反意語

• humidify

派生語

• dehumidifier

関連する語

• humidifier