Wind-chill
or wind chill factor, wind-chill factor
[wind-chil, win-] /ˈwɪndˌtʃɪl, ˈwɪn-/
noun, Meteorology.
1.
the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
noun
1.
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
(as modifier): wind-chill factor
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