"wind chill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪndt͡ʃɪl/ Forms: wind chills [plural]
Etymology: From wind + chill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|chill}} wind + chill Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wind chill (countable and uncountable, plural wind chills)
  1. (meteorology) The cooling effect of wind, especially on the human body, which causes the "feels like" temperature to be lower than the thermometer temperature. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meteorology, Temperature, Wind
    Sense id: en-wind_chill-en-noun-QMt0ll4P Disambiguation of Temperature: 55 45 Disambiguation of Wind: 45 55 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (loosely) 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 Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Temperature, Wind
    Sense id: en-wind_chill-en-noun-22fYNe3l Disambiguation of Temperature: 55 45 Disambiguation of Wind: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wind-chill, windchill Derived forms: wind chill factor Related terms: humidex, heat index

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Alternative forms

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