ALL meanings of degree day
de·gree day
D d - noun degree day a day on which university degrees are conferred 3
- noun degree day a unit used in estimating fuel requirements in heating buildings. It is equal to a fall of temperature of 1 degree below the mean outside temperature (usually taken as 18°C) for one day 3
- noun degree day a unit which represents one degree of variation from a standard average daily temperature, used as in determining fuel requirements 3
- noun degree day one degree of departure, on a single day, of the daily mean temperature from a given standard temperature. Abbreviation: dd. 1
- noun degree day University 1
- noun degree day A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature. 0
- noun degree day 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. 0