ozone layer

English

Noun

ozone layer (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

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 or m
Finnish: otsonikerros (fi)
French: couche d'ozone (fr) f, ozone (fr) m
German: Ozonschicht (de) 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 (ja) (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 (pl) 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
Vietnamese: tầng ôzôn

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