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Definition 2024

ozone_layer

ozone layer

English

Noun

ozone layer ‎(uncountable)

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

Translations

a region of the stratosphere

Arabic: طَبَقَة اَلْأُوزُون f ‎(ṭabaqat al-ʾūzūn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臭氧層 (zh), 臭氧层 (zh) ‎(chòuyǎngcéng)
Czech: ozonová vrstva f
Danish: ozonlag (da) n
Dutch: ozonlaag (nl) f, m
Finnish: otsonikerros (fi)
French: couche d'ozone (fr) f, ozone (fr) m
German: Ozonschicht 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 ‎(ozon-sō)
Korean: 오존층 ‎(ojon-cheung)
Malay: lapisan ozon
Mongolian: озоны давхарга ‎(ozony davharga)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ozonlag n

Nynorsk: ozonlag n
Persian: لایهٔ اوزون ‎(lâye-ye ozon)
Polish: ozonosfera f, warstwa ozonowa f
Portuguese: (Brazil) camada de ozônio f, (Portugal) camada de ozono f
Russian: озо́новый слой m ‎(ozónovyj sloj)
Spanish: capa de ozono f
Swedish: ozonlager (sv) n