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chill wind factor

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chill wind factor [¦chil ¦wind ‚fak·tər]
(meteorology)
An arbitrary index, developed by the Canadian Army, to correlate the performance of equipment and personnel in an Arctic winter; it is equal to the sum of the wind speed in miles per hour and the negative of the Fahrenheit temperature; the term is not to be confused with wind chill.


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