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PRONUNCIATION OF WIND-CHILL

wind-chill  [wɪnd-] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIND-CHILL

noun
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preposition
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determiner
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Wind-Chill is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WIND-CHILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wind-chill

Wind chill

Wind-chill or windchill, is the perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed skin due to the flow of air. Wind chill numbers are always lower than the air temperature for values where the formula is valid. When the apparent temperature is higher than the air temperature, the heat index is used instead.

Definition of wind-chill in the English dictionary

The definition of wind-chill in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIND-CHILL


Southend-on-Sea
ˌsaʊθˈɛnd-

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIND-CHILL

wind shear
wind sleeve
wind surge
wind tee
wind tunnel
wind up
wind vane
wind-bells
wind-borne
wind-broken
wind-chill factor
wind-pollinated
wind-pollination
wind-sucking
wind-up
windable
windage
windas
windbag
windbaggery

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIND-CHILL

ant hill
Bexhill
bunny hill
chill
Churchill
cook-chill
downhill
dunghill
foothill
go downhill
hill
make a mountain out of a molehill
over the hill
overchill
prechill
sandhill
shill
thill
Thornhill
uphill

Synonyms and antonyms of wind-chill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wind-chill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIND-CHILL

Find out the translation of wind-chill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wind-chill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wind-chill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风寒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el enfriamiento del viento
570 millions of speakers

English

wind-chill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवा सर्द
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرياح البرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ветер - холод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vento-frio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতাস বইছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la fraîcheur du vent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Angin sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wind-Chill-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

風速冷却
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바람 진정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angin-bantal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gió lạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளிர் காற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गार वारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rüzgar soğuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vento, freddo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłód wiatru
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вітер - холод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wind- rece
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wind- chill
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wind - chill
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vind chill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vind chill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wind-chill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIND-CHILL»

The term «wind-chill» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.116 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIND-CHILL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wind-chill

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIND-CHILL»

Discover the use of wind-chill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wind-chill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Wind Chill Factor
Decades after Hitler’s fall, Nazis are still trying to kill John Cooper His marriage destroyed by drinking, John Cooper returns to Cambridge, Massachusetts, trying to recapture the joy he felt as an undergraduate in Harvard University’s ...
Thomas Gifford, 2012
2
Wind Chill
Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry. “Great,” Lynette said. I found a couple of tin cups, scooped some snow outside, and put the cups by the fireplace. “As soon as we have some clean water, you can drink it.” Lynette sat at the table, her head in her  ...
Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry, 2012
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The Encyclopedia of World Climatology
Cross-references Applied Climatology Bioclimatology Climatology WIND CHILL WEATHER A major component of the atmospheric sciences, weather is defined as a state or condition of the atmosphere at any particular place and time. A broad ...
John E. Oliver, 2005
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New Scientist
Computing the chilling effects of winter winds Mean wind chill at London Airport , January 1956-1961 inc lus ive 7 ' 8 ' 9 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13 ' 14 ' 15 ' 16 ' 17 ' 18 1 19 1 20 ' 21 ' 22 ' 23 ' 24 ' 25 ' 26 January 1963 PM BIG! I IA/ANTALJL YOUR ...
5
Career Math
Math Skills • Reading data from a table • Graphing, analyzing data Materials Needed • “Wind Chill Chart” (p. 17) for each student • “Wind Chill Graph” activity sheet (p. 18) for each student • “Informing the Public” activity sheet (p. 19) for each ...
Hope Martin, 2007
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Introduction to Cold Regions Engineering
This is the basis for the concept of the "equivalent temperature" which is also called the "wind chill temperature". At each wind speed, the rate at which heat is removed from the surface will be the same as the rate of heat removal by air at some ...
Dean R. Freitag, Terry McFadden, 1997
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3 Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
On the Nature and Purpose of Drama David Mamet. CHAPTER ONE THE WIND- CHILL FACTOR |*T is in our nature to dramatize. At least once ONE THE WIND- CHILL FACTOR 1.
David Mamet, 1998
8
Sensors and Transducers
The wind-chill temperature expresses the temperature of still air that will provide the same rate of cooling as the moving air at a higher temperature. The factor is often misunderstood ‒ if the air temperature is 8 C and the wind-chill temperature  ...
Ian Sinclair, 2000
9
In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the ...
Wind chill 43 16.3 8 621.2 Clear sky, high cirrus 13.6 7.5 634.8 Clear sky with high cloud. Whiteour late afternoon. 12.3 7.5 M". l Sunny, high cloud. Snow drifts. Wind chill '52 13.5 7.5 660.6 Hazy sunshine. Thick cloud, sometimes whireout.
Henry Worsley, 2011
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Biotransport: Principles and Applications: Principles and ...
Ta 1⁄4 TsÀqfh 1⁄4 4 CÀ60:9W=m23:58W/m2 1⁄4 À13:03 C: n Our assumed wind chill temperature was higher than we calculated. An intermediate value is likely to be correct, and after iterative calculations we find that an air temperature of ...
Robert J. Roselli, Kenneth R. Diller, 2011

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« EDUCALINGO. Wind-Chill [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wind-chill>. Apr 2024 ».
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