temperature drop
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A temperature drop is a decrease in temperature, whether sudden or gradual.
The phrase typically emphasizes noticeable change: The temperature drop caught everyone off guard.
Weather forecasts warn of temperature drops when cold fronts approach.
The term also describes decreases in body temperature or industrial processes where cooling matters.
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- frostThin ice coating
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
- plungeSudden steep descent
freeze · cold snap · below zero · shiver · plummet · dip · hypothermia · thermal shock · wind chill · arctic · bitter · brisk · nip · goosebumps · thermostat · ice · cold front · sudden
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
- weather termssunny, rainy, cloudy, stormy, snowy
- cold weathercold, freeze, frigid, bitter cold, cold snap
- feverfever, high fever, febrile, low-grade fever, feverish
- temperature changesheat waves, cold snaps, freeze-thaw, warming, cooling
- Weather Changeswarming, cooling, clearing, cold front, warm front
thermal direction
temperature droptemperature rise
Increase in heat level
heat wave · warming · temperature spike · heating up · heating
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