ozone hole

English

Noun

ozone hole (plural ozone holes)

A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring.
- 1986, "Air chemists braced for battle over ozone hole," New Scientist, 6 Nov., p. 22 (retrieved 19 July 2010):
  Callis says that the ozone hole now developing over the Antarctic is as deep as last year's hole, but seems to cover a smaller area.

Translations

region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring

Danish: ozonhul (da) n
Dutch: gat in de ozonlaag n, ozongat (nl) n
Finnish: otsonireikä, otsoniaukko (fi)
French: trou dans la couche d'ozone m
German: Ozonloch (de) n

Hungarian: ózonlyuk (hu)
Italian: buco dell'ozono m
Mongolian: озоны цоорхой (ozony tsoorhoj)
Spanish: agujero de ozono m

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.