OZONE LAYER

Meaning of OZONE LAYER in English

An atmospheric layer that contains a high proportion of oxygen that exists as ozone. It acts as a filtering mechanism against incoming ultraviolet radiation. It is located between the troposphere and the stratosphere, around 9.5 to 12.5 miles (15 to 20 kilometers) above the earth's surface.

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OZONE LAYER — noun Date: 1929 an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) that is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OZONE LAYER — or ozonosphere Region in the upper atmosphere , about 6–30 mi (10–50 km) high, with significant concentrations of ozone , …
Английский словарь Британика
OZONE LAYER — noun : an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) which is normally …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OZONE LAYER — Meteorol. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 mi. (12 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OZONE LAYER — Date: 1929 : an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) that is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OZONE LAYER — Function: noun Date: 1929 : an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OZONE LAYER — ■ noun a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 10 km containing a high concentration of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OZONE LAYER — [ozone layer] n (1929): an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OZONE LAYER — noun [ sing. ] a layer of ozone high above the earth's surface that helps to protect the earth from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OZONE LAYER — ˈozone ˌlayer BrE AmE noun [singular] a layer of gases in the sky that prevents harmful ↑ radiation from the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OZONE LAYER — The ozone layer is the part of the Earth’s atmosphere that has the most ozone in it. The ozone layer …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OZONE LAYER — The ~ is the part of the Earth’s atmosphere that has the most ozone in it. The ~ protects living …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OZONE LAYER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But because of their longevity they are expected to go on damaging the ozone layer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OZONE LAYER — or ozonosphere Region in the upper atmosphere , about 630 mi (1050 km) high, with significant concentrations of ozone , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OZONE LAYER — • ↑ hole in the ozone layer
Longman Activator English vocab
OZONE LAYER — A region of the upper atmosphere, between about 15 and 30 kilometers (10 and 20 miles) in altitude, containing a …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
OZONE LAYER — слой озона; озоносфера озоносфера
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OZONE LAYER — Озоновый слой
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OZONE LAYER — озоносфера
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OZONE LAYER — слой озона; озоносфера
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OZONE LAYER — слой озона; озоносфера
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OZONE LAYER — озоносфера
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OZONE LAYER — озоносфера
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OZONE LAYER — озонный слой
Англо-Русский физический словарь
OZONE LAYER — Озоновый слой
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
OZONE LAYER — Озоновая дыра
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
OZONE LAYER — слой озона; озоносфера озоносфера
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OZONE — ozon
English interlingue dictionary
OZONE — noun see: odor Date: circa 1840 a triatomic very reactive form of oxygen that is a bluish irritating gas of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OZONE — Pale blue gas (O 3 ) that is irritating, explosive, and toxic. Like ordinary oxygen gas (O 2 ), it …
Английский словарь Британика
LAYER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) boundary layer ozone layer {{link=thin layer chromatography">thin layer chromatography
Английский словарь Британика
LAYER — I. ˈlāə(r), ˈle(ə)r, ˈleə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English leyer, legger, from leyen, leggen to lay + -er …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OZONE — ˈōˌzōn noun ( -s ) Etymology: German ozon, from Greek ozōn, present participle of ozein to smell — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OZONE — (n.) A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form …
Английский словарь Webster
OZONE — ( n. ) A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OZONE — — ozonic /oh zon"ik, oh zoh"nik/ , adj. /oh"zohn, oh zohn"/ , n. a form of oxygen, O 3 , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAYER — — layerable , adj. /lay"euhr/ , n. 1. a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OZONE — n. form of oxygen having three atoms in its molecule that is a result of electrical discharge in oxygen and …
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OZONE — noun Etymology: German Ozon, from Greek ozōn, present participle of ozein to smell — more at odor Date: circa 1840 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OZONE — noun a colorless gaseous substance (o/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form …
Webster English vocab
LAYER — noun an artificial oyster bed. 2. layer ·noun one who, or that which, lays. 3. layer ·noun a shoot or …
Webster English vocab
OZONE — ■ noun 1》 an unstable, pungent, toxic form of oxygen with three atoms in its molecule, formed in electrical discharges …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OZONE — [ozone] n [G Ozon, fr. Gk ozon, prp. of ozein to smell--more at odor] (ca. 1840) 1: a triatomic very …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OZONE — (O3), triatomic allotrope of oxygen (a form of oxygen in which the molecule contains three atoms instead of two as …
Britannica English vocabulary
OZONE — ozone BrE AmE ˈəʊz əʊn əʊ ˈzəʊn AmE \ ˈoʊz oʊn oʊ ˈzoʊn ▶ ˈ ozone ˌ layer, •ˈ• ˌ•• …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAYER — layer BrE AmE ˈleɪ ə leə AmE \ - ə r le ə r ▷ layer|ed d ▷ layering ˈleɪ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OZONE — / ˈəʊzəʊn; NAmE ˈoʊzoʊn/ noun [ U ] 1. ( chemistry ) a poisonous gas with a strong smell that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAYER — I. lay ‧ er 1 S3 W3 AC /ˈleɪə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OZONE — n. 1 Chem. a colourless unstable gas with a pungent odour and powerful oxidizing properties, used for bleaching etc. °Chem. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OZONE — n. 1 Chem. a colourless unstable gas with a pungent odour and powerful oxidizing properties, used for bleaching etc. °Chem. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OZONE — n.1 Chem. a colourless unstable gas with a pungent odour and powerful oxidizing properties, used for bleaching etc. Usage: Chem. …
Oxford English vocab
OZONE — Ozone is a colourless gas which is a form of oxygen. There is a layer of ozone high above the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAYER — ( layers, layering, layered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A layer …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OZONE — Ozone is a colourless gas which is a form of oxygen. There is a layer of ~ high above the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OZONE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ozone destruction ▪ Ozone destruction is most severe over the Antarctic due to climatic and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAYER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a layer of clothing ▪ In very cold weather it’s good to wear several …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OZONE — [noun] [U] - a form of oxygen(informal) Ozone is also used to refer to air that is clean and pleasant …
Cambridge English vocab
OZONE — n. Pale blue gas (O 3 ) that is irritating, explosive, and toxic. Like ordinary oxygen gas (O 2 ), …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAYER — n. MPEG 1 audio layer 3 boundary layer ozone layer thin layer chromatography
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OZONE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ atmospheric , ground-level , stratospheric VERB + OZONE ▪ deplete , destroy ▪ form , produce ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OZONE — a gas which is a variety of oxygen. The oxygen gas found in the air consists of two oxygen atoms …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
OZONE — a reactive form of oxygen containing 3 atoms. Ozone is capable of killing many pathogens, and may be used as …
AIDS English Glossary
LAYER — Communication networks for computers may be organized as a set of more or less independent protocols, each in a different …
Internetworking Terms English vocab
OZONE — сущ.; хим. озон (химическое) озон (разговорное) чистый, свежий воздух ozone хим. озон
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