ozone layer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊzəʊn ˌlɛə/, /-ˌleɪə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊzoʊn ˌleɪəɹ/

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Noun

ozone layer (plural ozone layers)

1. A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.

   Synonyms: ozone shield, ozonosphere

Derived terms

• bozone layer

Translations

a region of the stratosphere

• Arabic: طَبَقَة اَلْأُوزُون (ar) f (ṭabaqat al-ʔūzūn)
• Catalan: capa d'ozó f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 臭氧層 / 臭氧层 (cau³ joeng⁵ cang⁴)

  Mandarin: 臭氧層 / 臭氧层 (zh) (chòuyǎngcéng)

• Czech: ozonová vrstva f
• Danish: ozonlag (da) n
• Dutch: ozonlaag (nl) f or m
• Finnish: otsonikerros (fi)
• French: couche d'ozone (fr) f, ozone (fr) m
• Galician: capa de ozono f
• Georgian: ოზონის შრე (ozonis šre)
• German: Ozonschicht (de) f, Ozonosphäre (de) f
• Greek: στρώμα του όζοντος n (stróma tou ózontos), οζονόσφαιρα (el) f (ozonósfaira)
• Hungarian: ózonréteg (hu)
• Icelandic: ósonlagið n
• Italian: ozonosfera f
• Japanese: オゾン層 (ja) (ozon-sō)
• Korean: 오존층 (ojoncheung)
• Malay: lapisan ozon
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: озоны давхарга (ozony davxarga)

  Mongolian script: ᠣᠽᠣᠨ ᠦ
  ᠳᠠᠪᠬᠤᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (ozon-ü dabqurɣ-a)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ozonlag n

  Nynorsk: ozonlag n

• Persian: لایهٔ اوزون (lâye-ye ozon)
• Polish: ozonosfera (pl) f, warstwa ozonowa f
• Portuguese: camada de ozônio f (Brazil), camada de ozono f (Portugal), camada de ozónio (Portugal, rare)
• Russian: озо́новый слой (ru) m (ozónovyj sloj)
• Spanish: capa de ozono f
• Swedish: ozonlager (sv) n
• Ukrainian: озо́новий шар m (ozónovyj šar)
• Vietnamese: tầng ôzôn