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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degree day

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
de-gree -day
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature.

noun

A unit used in estimating the fuel consumption for a building; equal to the number of degrees that the mean temperature, for a 24-hour day, is below the base temperature, often 65F.

Inflected Forms

degree days (plural)

Phrases

cooling degree day heating degree day

Synonyms

commencement day

Questions

What does degree day mean?
A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature.

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