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biforine (medicine) and wind chill (sh)


biforine (medicine)


biforine
<botany> An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

Origin: L. Biforis, biforus, having two doors; bis twice + foris door.

Source: Websters Dictionary


wind chill (sh)




Still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed.

As the wind speed increases, the wind chill equivalent temperature decreases; e.g., an air temperature of 30 ¡ãF (-1.1 ¡ãC) with a wind speed of 20 mph (32.2 kph) produces a wind chill of 17 ¡ãF (-8 ¡ãC). Wind chill is often included in weather reports to describe how cold it feels.


Matching a specific air temperature (columns) with a wind speed (rows) will show the wind chill ...

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