ozonous

Variant of ozone

ozone definition

ozone (ō′zōn′)

noun

  1. 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
  2. Slang pure, fresh air

Etymology: Fr < Gr ozein, to smell < IE base *od- > L odor

Related Forms:

  • ozonic ozon′ic (ō zän′ik, -zō′nik) adjective or ozonous o′zo·nous (ō′zō nəs, -zə-)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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