chill factor

noun

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But even in the very north of Sweden, there was not much chill factor to be found – well north of the Artic circle, temperatures above 30 degrees prevailed through July. Mattias Goldmann, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The mercury plummeted to minus 3 with a wind chill factor of minus 25 at halftime of the contest, in which some fans lost limbs to the brutal temperatures. Doha Madani, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 The cape was more than 70 degrees colder, not counting the wind chill factor. Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025 The new entity manages to honor the grandeur of the Romanesque Revival building without the chill factor that could have resulted from all those hard marble surfaces. Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chill factor

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First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chill factor was in 1965

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“Chill factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chill%20factor. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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chill factor

noun
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