ALL meanings of ozone
o·zone
O o - noun ozone a form of oxygen, O 3 , with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. It is used for bleaching, sterilizing water, etc. 1
- noun ozone form of oxygen 1
- noun ozone relating to ozone 1
- uncountable noun ozone Ozone is a colourless gas which is a form of oxygen. There is a layer of ozone high above the earth's surface. 0
- noun ozone a colourless gas with a chlorine-like odour, formed by an electric discharge in oxygen: a strong oxidizing agent, used in bleaching, sterilizing water, purifying air, etc. Formula: O3; density: 2.14 kg/m3; melting pt: –192°C; boiling pt: –110.51°C 0
- noun ozone clean bracing air, as found at the seaside 0
- noun ozone an unstable, pale-blue gas, O3, 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 0
- noun ozone pure, fresh air 0