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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See ozone layer.
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- n. A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
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Everyone remembers the skin-cancer crisis of the twenties, caused by ultra-violet break-through - and the astronomical cost of the chemicals needed to restore the ozonosphere.
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And, since there was no ozonosphere to block out the UV radiation from the primary, the thickness of the ionosphere beneath the plasmasphere was greater.
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