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  2. Ozone Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of OZONE is a triatomic very reactive form of oxygen that is a bluish irritating gas of pungent odor, that is a major air pollutant in the lower atmosphere but a beneficial component of the upper atmosphere, and that is used for oxidizing, bleaching, disinfecting, and deodorizing.

  3. What is Ozone? | US EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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    Ozone (O3) is a highly reactive gas composed of three oxygen atoms. It is both a natural and a man-made product that occurs in the Earth's upper atmosphere. (the stratosphere) and lower atmosphere (the troposphere). Depending on where it is in the atmosphere, ozone affects life on Earth in either good or bad ways.

  4. Ozone - Wikipedia

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    Ozone (/ ˈ oʊ z oʊ n /) (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula O 3. It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope O 2, breaking down in the lower atmosphere to O 2 .

  5. Ozone is an irritating pale blue gas that is explosive and toxic, even at low concentrations. It occurs naturally in small amounts in Earth’s stratosphere, where it absorbs solar ultraviolet radiation, which otherwise could cause severe damage to living organisms on Earth’s surface.

  6. What is ozone? - Live Science

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    Ozone is a pale blue gas composed of three oxygen atoms bonded together. It occurs naturally high up in the Earth's atmosphere, where it protects the surface from harmful...

  7. What Is Ozone? - ScienceAlert

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    Ozone is a chemical consisting of three oxygen atoms bonded in a V-like shape. It occurs both naturally through reactions in the atmosphere and as a pollutant released by transport and industrial activities.

  8. Science - Ozone Basics - National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

    www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/science/basics.htm

    Ozone is mainly found in two regions of the Earth's atmosphere. Most ozone (about 90%) resides in a layer that begins between 6 and 10 miles (10 and 17 kilometers) above the Earth's surface and extends up to about 30 miles (50 kilometers). This region of the atmosphere is called the stratosphere.

  9. OZONE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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    Ozone definition: a form of oxygen, O3, with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive.

  10. OZONE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    OZONE definition: 1. a poisonous form of oxygen 2. air that is clean and pleasant to breathe, especially near the sea…. Learn more.

  11. OZONE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    OZONE meaning: 1. a poisonous form of oxygen 2. air that is clean and pleasant to breathe, especially near the sea…. Learn more.