wind-chill

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wind-chill [wɪnd-]

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)

a. the serious chilling effect of wind and low temperature: it is measured on a scale that runs from hot to fatal to life and allows for varying combinations of air temperature and wind speed

b. (as modifier) wind-chill factor

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