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PRONUNCIATION OF WIND-CHILL FACTOR

wind-chill factor  [ˈwɪndˌtʃɪl ˈfæktə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIND-CHILL FACTOR

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Wind-Chill factor 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 FACTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wind-chill factor

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 factor in the English dictionary

The definition of wind-chill factor 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 FACTOR


acta
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actor
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benefactor
ˈbɛnɪˌfæktə
calefactor
ˌkælɪˈfæktə
chiropractor
ˈkaɪərəpræktə
cofactor
ˈkəʊˌfæktə
compactor
kəmˈpæktə
contactor
kɒnˈtæktə
contractor
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exacta
ɪkˈsæktə
extractor
ɪkˈstræktə
factor
ˈfæktə
malefactor
ˈmælɪˌfæktə
multifactor
ˌmʌltɪˈfæktə
nonfactor
ˌnɒnˈfæktə
reactor
rɪˈæktə
redactor
rɪˈdæktə
reenactor
ˌriːɪnˈæktə
subcontractor
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tractor
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIND-CHILL FACTOR

wind sleeve
wind surge
wind tee
wind tunnel
wind up
wind vane
wind-bells
wind-borne
wind-broken
wind-chill
wind-pollinated
wind-pollination
wind-sucking
wind-up
windable
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windas
windbag
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windbill

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIND-CHILL FACTOR

abstractor
Caterpillar tractor
child actor
coagulation factor
contributing factor
director
distractor
feel-good factor
fusion reactor
growth factor
heavy-water reactor
nerve growth factor
nuclear reactor
power factor
protection factor
Q factor
risk factor
screen actor
supporting actor
wow factor
X factor

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

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Translation of «wind-chill factor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIND-CHILL FACTOR

Find out the translation of wind-chill factor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wind-chill factor 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 factor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风寒因素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

factor de enfriamiento del viento
570 millions of speakers

English

wind-chill factor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवा सर्द कारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عامل الرياح البرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Коэффициент ветер - холод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fator vento-frio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতাস চিল ফ্যাক্টর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

facteur de refroidissement éolien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Faktor angin angin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wind-Chill- Faktor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

風の冷却効果
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바람 냉각 요인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Faktor angin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yếu tố gió lạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காற்று குளிர்விக்கும் காரணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारा-सर्दी कारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rüzgar soğutma faktörü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fattore vento, freddo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czynnik chłód wiatru
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Коефіцієнт вітер - холод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

factor wind- rece
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράγοντας wind- chill
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wind - chill factor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vind chill faktor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vind chill faktor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wind-chill factor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIND-CHILL FACTOR»

The term «wind-chill factor» is normally little used and occupies the 109.908 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 FACTOR» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIND-CHILL FACTOR»

Discover the use of wind-chill factor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wind-chill factor 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
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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
3
Sensors and Transducers
In moving air, considerably more current is required to maintain the temperature constant, and this change of current is a measure of the wind-chill factor. A more practical arrangement uses one sensor in the moving air and one kept in still air ...
Ian Sinclair, 2000
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Biotransport: Principles and Applications: Principles and ...
Example 9.3.2.2 Wind Chill Factor. The wind chill factor (WCF) is used to describe quantitatively the feeling of how cold an environment is. It is based on the combined effects of air temperature and air velocity on cooling the surface of a human.
Robert J. Roselli, Kenneth R. Diller, 2011
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The Assassini
After the murder of his sister--a troublemaking nun killed while praying in a Princeton chapel--lawyer Ben Driskill investigates, uncovering the deaths of eight others, all of whom were murdered by a brotherhood of killers hired to protect ...
Thomas Gifford, 1991
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Carving: Fascination on Skis
... frostbite when skiing is still enormously high. Skiers are far too often exposing themselves to extreme temperatures without realizing the dangers. Ignorance of the effects of the wind chill factor is the main reason that, every year, many skiers  ...
Johannes Roschinsky, 2004
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Growing Up In the Rockies: ..... Remember Me
I remember my mother being so mad at the weather forecasters, because of them predicting temperatures with a wind chill factor. She didn't understand that and she seemed to think it was wrong. However, if you live in the mountains and you  ...
Janice N. Richards, 2011
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Temperature
Casey Rand. Wind chill Sometimes wind causes the temperature to feel colder than when the wind is calm. This is called the wind chill factor. Scientists use the wind chill factor and the temperature to measure how cold it really feels outside.
Casey Rand, 2010
9
Instant Storm Forecasting
The following table shows the decrease in air temperature due to the wind chill factor. This means that the risk of frostbite is heightened with increasing wind. This is the Wind Chill Chart used in Canada; all others will be much the same but  ...
Alan Watts, 2009
10
Thrushes
Since wind-chill factor is critical in terms of heat loss from an individual, the position of birds within the roost is critical. On nights with a high wind chill, birds in the most favoured locations suffered only about 60% of the weight loss of birds in ...
Peter Clement, Ren Hathway, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIND-CHILL FACTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wind-chill factor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eggs-tremely cold out — up to -24 wind chill
Wind gusts over 50 mph will make Sunday's low temperature of 3 degrees feel like 24 degrees below zero — the coldest wind-chill factor since 1993's “Storm of ... «New York Post, Feb 15»
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Wind chill's blustery tale: why 'feels like' may be a bunch of hot air
The underlying principle of the wind-chill factor is simple: when it's windy out, ... But when researchers came up with a way to convert the effects of wind chill into ... «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
3
Sale plan raises wind-chill factor
Search canberratimes: Search in: ACT News. canberratimes.com.au; Web; ACT News. Sale plan raises wind-chill factor. Date: April 29, 2013. (29); Read later ... «The Canberra Times, Apr 13»

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