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Dobson unit

Dobson unit noun: a unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

Noun

Dobson unit (plural Dobson units)

  1. A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

Forms of Dobson unit

pluralDobson units

Origin of Dobson unit

Named after Gordon Dobson, a researcher at the University of Oxford who in the 1920s built the first instrument to measure total ozone from the ground.

Words that rhyme with Dobson unit

Questions about Dobson unit

What does Dobson unit mean?
Dobson unit means a unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).
What part of speech is Dobson unit?
Dobson unit is a noun.
What is the plural of Dobson unit?
The plural of Dobson unit is Dobson units.

Words near Dobson unit in the dictionary

  1. Dobrzynskis
  2. dobs
  3. dobs in
  4. dobsegna
  5. dobson
  6. Dobson unit
  7. Dobson units
  8. dobsonflies
  9. dobsonfly
  10. Dobsonian
  11. Dobsonian telescope

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