What does windburn mean?
Definitions for windburn
ˈwɪndˌbɜrnwind·burn
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Princeton's WordNet
windburnnoun
redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
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windburnnoun
an irritation of the skin caused by exposure to the wind
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Windburn
Windburn is a condition whereby a sunburn obtained in cool or cloudy conditions is incorrectly attributed to the effects of the wind rather than the sun, mostly in North America. The main reason is that in cool or cloudy conditions many people are unaware that they are still vulnerable to the burning effects of the sun's UV radiation, so fail to take precautionary sun protection measures.The fact that windburn was really misattributed sunburn, rather than a distinct condition, was shown as early as 1936 by English skin specialist Charles Howard White of Cambridge and American physicist William Henry Crew of New York University. Nonetheless, the accepted existence of windburn remains a widely held misconception.
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Windburn
Windburn is sunburn accelerated by the effects of wind removing the UV-filtering thin layer of lipids from the skin and irritation caused by the wind. Though formerly thought to be solely the result of wind, the condition has been demonstrated to be the result of sun exposure aggravated by exposure to wind. Thus treatment and prevention of windburn and sunburn are basically identical.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of windburn in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of windburn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- queimadura de ventoPortuguese
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