露点

露點
lùdiǎn / lòudiǎn
noun #23,617

Meanings

  1. 1 dew point (meteorology)
  2. 2 the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor

Examples

HSK 5
Jīntiān de lùdiǎn wēndù shì shíwǔ dù.
Today's dew point temperature is fifteen degrees.
HSK 7-9
Dāng qìwēn dīyú lùdiǎn shí, shuǐzhēngqì kāishǐ níngjié.
When the temperature drops below the dew point, water vapor begins to condense.

Tips

usage
露 means dew and 点 means point, so 露点 is the temperature at which dew starts to form. The same two characters read 露点 are an unrelated colloquial word about baring the body, so the reading is what tells them apart.

Stroke Order

露 lù
点 diǎn