Meanings
plural ozone layers
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic طَبَقَة اَلْأُوزُون
- طَبَقَة اَلْأُوزُون (ṭabaqat al-ʔūzūn)a region of the stratosphere
Catalan capa d'ozó
- capa d'ozóa region of the stratosphere
Chinese Cantonese 臭氧層 /臭氧层
- 臭氧層 /臭氧层 (cau³ joeng⁵ cang⁴)a region of the stratosphere
Chinese Mandarin 臭氧層 /臭氧层
- 臭氧層 /臭氧层 (chòuyǎngcéng)a region of the stratosphere
Czech ozonová vrstva
- ozonová vrstvaa region of the stratosphere
Danish ozonlag
- ozonlaga region of the stratosphere
Dutch ozonlaag
- ozonlaaga region of the stratosphere
Finnish otsonikerros
- otsonikerrosa region of the stratosphere
French couche d'ozone, ozone
- couche d'ozonea region of the stratosphere
- ozonea region of the stratosphere
German Ozonschicht, Ozonosphäre
- Ozonschichta region of the stratosphere
- Ozonosphärea region of the stratosphere
Greek στρώμα του όζοντος, οζονόσφαιρα
- στρώμα του όζοντος (stróma tou ózontos)a region of the stratosphere
- οζονόσφαιρα (ozonósfaira)a region of the stratosphere
Hungarian ózonréteg
- ózonrétega region of the stratosphere
Icelandic ósonlagið
- ósonlagiða region of the stratosphere
Italian ozonosfera
- ozonosferaa region of the stratosphere
Japanese オゾン層
- オゾン層 (ozon-sō)a region of the stratosphere
Korean 오존층
- 오존층 (ojoncheung)a region of the stratosphere
Malay lapisan ozon
- lapisan ozona region of the stratosphere
Norwegian Bokmål ozonlag
- ozonlaga region of the stratosphere
Persian لایهٔ اوزون
- لایهٔ اوزون (lâye-ye ozon)a region of the stratosphere
Polish ozonosfera, warstwa ozonowa
- ozonosferaa region of the stratosphere
- warstwa ozonowaa region of the stratosphere
Portuguese camada de ozônio, camada de ozono
- camada de ozônioa region of the stratosphere
- camada de ozonoa region of the stratosphere
- camada de ozónioa region of the stratosphere
Russian озо́новый слой
- озо́новый слой (ozónovyj sloj)a region of the stratosphere
Spanish capa de ozono
- capa de ozonoa region of the stratosphere
Swedish ozonlager
- ozonlagera region of the stratosphere
Ukrainian озо́новий шар
- озо́новий шар (ozónovyj šar)a region of the stratosphere
Vietnamese tầng ôzôn
- tầng ôzôna region of the stratosphere
Cite this entry
ozone layer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozone%20layer
“ozone layer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozone%20layer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ozone layer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozone%20layer.
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