Plural of clo; a unit of thermal insulation, especially for clothing.
From 'clo' (closed unit), a technical term invented in the 1940s-50s for measuring the insulation value of fabrics and clothing.
This word was literally invented by scientists—'clo' was created when engineers needed to measure how warm clothes kept you, and one 'clo' equals the insulation of a typical business suit.
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