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单词 chill factor
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chill factor
chill factor n.
Brit. /ˈtʃɪl ˌfaktə/
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U.S. /ˈtʃɪl ˌfæktər/
Meteorology the perceived lowering of the air temperature caused by wind and other agencies; also, the effective temperature when this is taken into account; cf. wind-chill factor n. at wind n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > chilling effect of moving air > measure or scale of
wind chill1939
wind-chill index1939
chill factor1967
wind-chill factor1977
1967 N. Webster Add. Chill factor.
1973 B. Wright Four Seasons North 76 Cold in combination with wind produces the ‘chill factor’, which, more crucial than either temperature or wind velocity, can also be measured.
1977 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 17/1 The ‘chill factor’—the cold the body actually feels when wind conditions are taken into account—was minus 60 degrees in Chicago and about minus 30 in New York.
1984 A. MacLean San Andreas iii. 78 ‘Yes, Ferguson, I have heard of the chill factor.’ ‘For every knot of wind the temperature, as far as the skin is concerned, falls by one degree.’
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