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OZONE LAYER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sunplay

Synonyms:

ozone layer; ozonosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ozone layer" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Meronyms (parts of "ozone layer"):

ozone hole (an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone)

Holonyms ("ozone layer" is a part of...):

stratosphere (the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere)

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