Ozone Definition
ōzōn
noun
An unstable, pale-blue gas, O3, with a penetrating odor: it is an allotropic form of oxygen, formed usually by a silent electrical discharge in air, and is used as an oxidizing, deodorizing, and bleaching agent and in the purification of water.
Webster's New World
Pure, fresh air.
Webster's New World
Origin of Ozone
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From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ozon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ozō, “I smell"), in reference to its pungent odour.
From Wiktionary
German Ozon from Greek ozon neuter present participle of ozein to smell
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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