ozones

Noun

ozone (usually uncountable, plural ozones)

1. (usually) 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
2. (UK, informal, usually) 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

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