ozone
ozone
Definition
ozone (ō′zōn′)
noun
- an unstable, pale-blue gas, O, with a penetrating odor: it is an allotropic form of oxygen, formed usually by a silent electrical discharge in air, and is used as an oxidizing, deodorizing, and bleaching agent and in the purification of water
- Slang pure, fresh air
Etymology: Fr < Gr ozein, to smell < IE base *od- > L odor
ozon′ic (ō zän′ik, -zō′nik) adjective or o′zo·nousō′zō nəs, -zə-
ozone
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- deplete: If aging pop star, Cher was cremated, would her plastic implants deplete the ozone?
- destroy: Filters that are in working order catch paper dust and destroy ozone.
- emit: However, pollutants which lead to the formation of ozone emitted from other countries influence ozone levels in the UK.
- generate: Using natural ozone to neutralize odors The Initial Air Pure system generates ozone which occurs naturally in the environment and contains powerful sterilizing properties.
Preposition: in
- stratosphere: For example, ozone in the stratosphere absorbs ultra-violet radiation emitted by the Sun.
- atmosphere: Ozone high in the atmosphere protects us from the sun, therefore lack of ozone in the upper atmosphere also causes a problem.
Adjective modifier
- stratospheric: The destruction of stratospheric ozone by CFCs; the Montreal Protocol.
- tropospheric: Estimates for damage costs from volatile organic carbons do not always obviously include estimates for creation of tropospheric ozone.
- atmospheric: An accurate way of measuring atmospheric ozone is by using an Ozone Monitor.
- total: TOMS satellite data confirms that during this period the total column ozone over northern Scandinavia was reduced by up to 100 Dobson Units.
Modifies a noun
- depletion: In addition, sulfate aerosols have been linked to ozone layer depletion.
- layer: The ozone layer has been torn apart & the polar ice caps are melting.
- hole: Ozone holes were thought to threaten the oceans ' plankton.
- concentration: For example, plots of coefficients against mean ozone concentrations had yet to be produced.
- generator: All the ozone generators feature a rheostat control for adjustable ozone production.
- precursor: This will require action on ozone precursor emissions at a global scale.
Noun used with modifier
- ground-level: During 1998, the park's worst recorded year for ground-level ozone, studies found damage to 30 plant species in the area.
- ground: The main cause of these is vehicle exhaust fumes reacting with sunlight to form ground level ozone.
- column: The figure below shows a comparison of ground-based observations of column ozone above Tenerife with calculations from our 3-D model.
- level: The main cause of these is vehicle exhaust fumes reacting with sunlight to form ground level ozone.
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