English Dictionary

ozone

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈoʊzoʊn/

名詞

不可算名詞 イギリス英語 くだけた表現

(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.

日本語の意味

酸素の異性体で、通常は酸素分子が二原子で構成されるところ、三原子（O₃）からなる毒性のある気体。電気放電によって酸素から生成される。

In the lab, the chemist carefully measured the concentration of ozone before beginning the reaction.

研究室で、その化学者は反応を始める前にオゾン（O3）の濃度を慎重に測定した。

意味（1）

(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.

Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.

意味（2）

(Britain, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.

A patent obtained in England, and specified far from clearly, for obtaining ozone by boiling seaweed,†† may be mentioned as a curiosity, and also the credulity with which ozone-baths, prepared in this manner, find a ready sale, in spite of, or perhaps rather on account of, their high price.