Phrase guide
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noun
The cooling effect of wind, especially on the human body, which causes the "feels like" temperature to be lower than the thermometer temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: wind chill factor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From wind + chill.
