chill factor

chill factor

noun Meteorology.

Origin:
1960–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To chill factor

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Chill factor is always a great word to know.
So is pressure gradient. Does it mean:
fog caused by cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water and giving the appearance of smoke or steam
the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in which pressure changes most rapidly
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
chill factor   (chĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
See wind-chill factor.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT