Ozone

Definitions

1. An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
   uncountable, usually
2. Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
   British, informal, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell⟳ of ozone was strong. You could feel⟳ the charge in the air.”

“A patent obtained in England, and specified far from clearly, for obtaining ozone by boiling seaweed,†† may be mentioned as a curiosity, and also the credulity with which ozone-baths, prepared in this manner, find⟳ a ready sale, in spite of, or perhaps rather on account of, their high price.”

“To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give⟳ her tone.”

“It's got the lot: fresh sea air, ozone, seaweed. You could cut⟳ the air with a knife.”

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