WINDCHILL


Meaning of WINDCHILL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwin(d)-ˌchil ]

noun

Date: 1939

: a still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed — called also chill factor, windchill factor, windchill index

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