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Meaning of Ozone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈəʊzəʊn

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

العربية أُوزُون الأوزون
Azərbaycanca ozon
Беларуская азон
Български озон
বাংলা ওজন
Bosanski ozon ozonski озон озонски
Català ozó
Čeština ozón ozon
Dansk ozon
Deutsch Ozon
Ελληνικά όζον
Esperanto ozono
Español ozono
Eesti osoon
فارسی ازن
Suomi otsoni
Français ozone ozoné ozone
Gàidhlig òson
ગુજરાતી ત્રિપ્રાણવાયુ
עברית אֲוָזוֹן
Hrvatski ozon ozonski озон озонски
Magyar ózon
Íslenska óson
Italiano ozono
日本語 おぞん
ქართული ოზონი
Қазақша озон
한국어 오존
Kurdî ozon
Lietuvių ozonas
Македонски озон
Bahasa Melayu ozon
မြန်မာဘာသာ အိုဇုန်း
Nederlands ozon
Polski ozon ozonowy
Português ozônio ozono
Română ozon
Русский озон све́жий во́здух
Српски ozon ozonski озон озонски
Svenska ozon
Kiswahili ozoni
తెలుగు ఓజోన్
ไทย โอโซน
Türkçe ozon
Українська озон озоновий
Tiếng Việt ôzôn

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

ozone hole ozone layer ozone paper ozone resistance ozone shield ozone sickness

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