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hämu

1 substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 23.09.2025

Meanings

1
udu-, suitsu- vms vine; (sellest tulenev) hämarus
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Usage examples
  • Me silmitsesime läbi hämu Niagara juga.
  • Kaugus vajub hämusse.
  • Noore suveöö hämus tõuseb ehmestiivaline pulmalennule.
2
keerutav, (tahtlikult) eksitav jutt, eksitamine, vassimine; segane olukord
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Translations

Usage examples
  • Hämu poliitilisel maastikul tiheneb pidevalt.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 734579 Last modified 03.05.2024
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Domain air trafficmeteorology
  • a suspension in the air consisting of microscopic water droplets or wet hygroscopic particles, reducing the visibility at Earth's surface to not less than 1 km or 5/8 mi
Good to know
  • Valdkond ICAO lisade põhjal loodud klassifikaatori järgi: Lennumeteoroloogia
  • Uduvine on palju hõredam kondensatsiooniproduktide kogum kui udu. Meteoroloogiline nähtavus uduvines on 1-10 km. Suhteline õhuniiskus on >75%, tavaliselt 85 – 97 %. Uduvine tekib õhus sisalduva niiskuse arvel.
uduvine
Usage examples
  • Uduvine puhul halvendavad nähtavust õhus hõljuvad imeväikesed niiskuseosakesed, suhtelise niiskuse protsent kõigub 75-98-ni.
hägu
hämu
BR abbreviation
Good to know
  • comes from the French word „brume“. [20.03.2018]
mist
Usage examples
  • Obscurations are any phenomenon in the atmosphere, other than precipitation, that reduces the horizontal visibility in the atmosphere. The obscuration types are: mist (BR), fog (FG), smoke (FU), volcanic ash (VC), widespread dust (DU), sand (SA), haze (HZ), and spray (PY). Spray (PY) is coded only as BLPY.
Good to know
  • Mist and Fog are the terms used to describe low visibility caused by water droplets suspended in the air. Mist is a term used to describe visibility of greater than 1 km while Fog is the term used when visibility is less than 1 km.
  • The term mist is used in weather reports when there is such obscurity, and the corresponding relative humidity is 95% or more, but is generally lower than 100%.
BR abbreviation
Good to know
  • from the French word „brume“ [20.03.2018]
brume
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Purjetamise terminibaas

ID 470025 Last modified 08.11.2021
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kerge udu
vine
uduvine
hämu
haze

Word forms

Inflection Type 17

hämu hämud
hämu hämude
hämu hämusid

Etymology

laensõna
  • hämu ( Villem Grünthal-Ridala 1922 )
    • hämy 'videvik, agu, hämarus'

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