de|gree-day

de|gree-day
de|gree-day «dih GREE DAY», noun, plural -days.
a unit representing one degree of deviation below a standard (usually 65 degrees) in the mean temperature out of doors for one day. It is used in statistics to determine fuel requirements.

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