windchill factor

[wind-chil, win-]

windchill factor

[wind-chil, win-]
noun Meteorology.
the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
Also, wind chill factor, wind-chill factor.
Also called chill factor, wind chill, windchill index.


Origin:
1945–50
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Windchill factor is always a great word to know.
So is barometer. Does it mean:
any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
a circulation of winds around a region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
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