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English noun: ozone

1. ozone (substance) a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)


Broader (hypernym)gas


Substance holonymatomic number 8, O, oxygen









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