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Definition of Degree day
1. Noun. The day on which university degrees are conferred.
2. Noun. A unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building.
Definition of Degree day
1. Noun. A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature. ¹
2. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Degree Day
Literary usage of Degree day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"A management program, which incorporates larval sampling in noncrop areas and
prediction of movement on the basis of degree-day accumulations, is presented. ..."
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