ozone
UK/ˈəʊzəʊn//ˈoʊzoʊn/
ozone noun: 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.
Noun
ozone (usually uncountable, plural ozones)
- 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.
- 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.2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 334
- Martin said that the National Park Service invested in “a state-of-the-art ozone nanobubbler filtration system” that is intended to keep algae out.2026 June 10, Kit Maher, “‘Residual algae’ coats part of newly opened Reflecting Pool”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026
- Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
- 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.1875, William Crookes, The Chemical News, page 99
- To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.1888, L. T. Meade, A. Balfour Symington, Edwin Oliver, Atalanta, volume 1, page 674
Verb
ozone (third-person singular simple present ozones, present participle ozoning, simple past and past participle ozoned)
- To treat with ozone.
- Whenever it exists, as it usually does, even where the tide water freshens at the ebb, it seems to have a purifying tendency, probably by ozoning the superincumbent atmosphere.1868, Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 19, page 392
- I worked nonstop to make the house safe. Periodically I ozoned the first-floor bathroom, but it still made us sick.1997, Robert Sampson, Patricia Hughes, Breaking Out of Environmental Illness
ozone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ozone in Hindi
- O3
- ओज़ोन ozon
ozone in Tamil
- O3
- சாரலியம் cāraliyam, ஓசோன் ōcōṉ
ozone in Marathi
- ओझोन, ओजोन, ओझॉन
ozone in Urdu
- اوزون, اوزوننگ, اوزونینگ
More languagesFewer languages
- ozone in Bengali
- ওজন ōjon, ওজোন ōjōn
- ozone in Telugu
- ఓజోన్ ōjōn
- ozone in Malayalam
- ഓക്സിജൻറെ ഒരു രൂപാന്തരം, വീര്യാമിലതം, ഉഗ്രാമ്ലബാഷ്പം
- ozone in Kannada
- ಓಝೋನ್, ಓಜೋನ್, ಓಸೋನ್
- ozone in Punjabi
- ਓਜ਼ੋਨ, ਓਜ਼ੌਨ, ਓਜ਼ੋਨਿੰਗ
- ozone in Gujarati
- ત્રિપ્રાણવાયુ triprāṇvāyu
- ozone in Odia
- ଓଜୋନ, ଓଜୋନ୍, ଓଜୋନିଂ
- ozone in Nepali
- ओजोन, ओझोन, ओजोने
- ozone in Arabic
- أُوزُون ʔūzūn
- ozone in Malay
- ozon
- ozone in Indonesian
- ozon
- ozone in Persian
- ازن ozon
- ozone in Thai
- โอโซน oh sohn
- ozone in Vietnamese
- ozon
- ozone in Myanmar
- အိုဇုန်း uijun:
Examples of ozone in a sentence
- Ozone is a triatomic form of oxygen.
- The same type as when it has rained, remained humid, a fetid stale of ozone over everything.
- In the years since the ban of refrigerants containing chlorine, the ozone hole has receded.
Forms of ozone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ozones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ozones |
| present participle | ozoning |
| past participle | ozoned |
| past | ozoned |
Origin of ozone
From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ózon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”), in reference to its pungent odour. The “fresh air” sense is from an erroneous former belief that seaweed contains and releases ozone.
Words formed from ozone
- acetozone
- antiozonant
- antiozone
- anti-ozone
- antozone
- bozone
- iodozone
- nonozone
- ozonate
- ozonation
- ozonator
- ozone bath
- ozone-friendly
- ozone hole
- ozone layer
- ozonelike
- ozone-like
- ozone paper
- ozone resistance
- ozone shield
- ozone sickness
- ozonesonde
- ozone therapy
- ozoney
- ozonic
- ozonide
- ozoniferous
- ozonification
- ozonify
- ozonisation
- ozonise
- ozoniser
- ozonization
- ozonize
- ozonizer
- ozonolysis
- ozonometer
- ozonometry
- ozonosphere
- ozonous
Phrases with ozone
Questions about ozone
- What does ozone mean?
- Ozone means 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.
- What is ozone in Hindi?
- Ozone in Hindi is ओज़ोन (ozon). See Ozone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ozone?
- Ozone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ozone?
- Ozone is pronounced /ˈəʊzəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ozone?
- The plural of ozone is ozones.
Words near ozone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ozone (page history and authors); ozone (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ozone (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ozone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ozone (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ozone (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ozone (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ozone (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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