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PRONUNCIATION OF OZONE HOLE

ozone hole  [ˈəʊzəʊn həʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OZONE HOLE

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Ozone hole is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OZONE HOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ozone hole

The ozone hole is an annual thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, caused by stratospheric chlorine. Other more moderate thinnings have also been called "ozone holes", such as the one over the North Pole during certain weather conditions. The discovery of the annual depletion of ozone above the Antarctic was first announced in a paper by Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin which appeared in Nature on May 16th 1985. The most pronounced decrease in ozone has been in the lower stratosphere. However, the ozone hole is most usually measured not in terms of ozone concentrations at these levels but by reduction in the total column ozone, above a point on the earth's surface, which is normally expressed in Dobson units. Marked decreases in column ozone in the Antarctic spring and early summer compared to the early 1970s and before have been observed using instruments such as the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. In 2012, it has been reported that the ozone hole had decreased to the smallest size since 2002.

Definition of ozone hole in the English dictionary

The definition of ozone hole in the dictionary is an area of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is particularly thin or absent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OZONE HOLE


airhole
ˈɛəˌhəʊl
asshole
ˈæsˌhəʊl
borehole
ˈbɔːˌhəʊl
frijol
ˈfriːhəʊl
hole
həʊl
keyhole
ˈkiːˌhəʊl
loophole
ˈluːpˌhəʊl
manhole
ˈmænˌhəʊl
pie-hole
ˈpaɪˌhəʊl
pigeonhole
ˈpɪdʒɪnˌhəʊl
pinhole
ˈpɪnˌhəʊl
posthole
ˈpəʊstˌhəʊl
pothole
ˈpɒtˌhəʊl
rathole
ˈrætˌhəʊl
sinkhole
ˈsɪŋkˌhəʊl
suckhole
ˈsʌkˌhəʊl
thumbhole
ˈθʌmˌhəʊl
Warhol
ˈwɔːhəʊl
whole
həʊl
wormhole
ˈwɜːmˌhəʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OZONE HOLE

ozonate
ozonation
ozone
ozone depletion
ozone layer
ozone screen
ozone shield
ozone-friendly
ozone-safe
ozonic
ozonide
ozoniferous
ozonisation
ozonise
ozoniser
ozonization
ozonize
ozonizer
ozonolysis
ozonosphere

WORDS THAT END LIKE OZONE HOLE

air hole
black hole
bolt hole
bullet hole
cat hole
coal hole
doughnut hole
dry hole
funk hole
glory hole
in the hole
kettle hole
nineteenth hole
on the whole
rabbit hole
shot hole
snow hole
sound hole
spider hole
water hole
watering hole

Synonyms and antonyms of ozone hole in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ozone hole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OZONE HOLE

Find out the translation of ozone hole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ozone hole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ozone hole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

臭氧洞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agujero de ozono
570 millions of speakers

English

ozone hole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओजोन छिद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثقب الأوزون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

озоновая дыра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

buraco de ozônio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওজোন গর্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trou d´ozone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lubang ozon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ozonloch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オゾンホール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오존 구멍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ozon lubang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗ thủng ôzôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓசோன் துளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओझोन भोक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ozon deliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buco dell´ozono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziura ozonowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

озонова діра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaura de ozon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρύπα του όζοντος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

osoongat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ozonhålet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ozonhull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ozone hole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OZONE HOLE»

The term «ozone hole» is regularly used and occupies the 75.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OZONE HOLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ozone hole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OZONE HOLE»

Discover the use of ozone hole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ozone hole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ozone Hole
In The Ozone Hole, find out about what caused a hole to form in our planet's protective ozone layer and the danger this poses to humans, animals, and plants here on Earth. Book jacket.
Jane Walker, 2004
2
Mending the Ozone Hole: Science, Technology, and Policy
This is followed by anexamination of national and international policy development and industry responses, projections onthe levels of ozone-depleting chlorine, assessments of various ozone-protection measures, and aconsideration of the ...
Arjun Makhijani, 1995
3
The Ozone Layer: A Philosophy of Science Perspective
It was the American NASA satellite team that coined the phrase 'The Antarctic Ozone Hole' - this was a very effective and evocative term that played a large part in the press and public discussion of the phenomenon, though it caused some of  ...
Maureen Christie, 2001
4
Learning to manage global environmental risks. 2. A ...
16.2.5 Discovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole The discovery of stratospheric ozone depletion in the Antarctic through monitoring systems that were not set up to look for such depletion had a major impact on other risk management activities .
‎2001
5
Ozone Hole
Explains what the ozone layer of the atmosphere is, what destroys it, how it is measured, how this depletion affects humans and life on earth, and what can be done to save it.
Sally Morgan, 2009
6
Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: ...
The Antarctic ozone hole represents the most striking example of ozone depletion in the atmosphere. It developed through the 1980s as chlorine loading increased, and has recurred every year since then (Figure 1.5). The Antarctic ozone hole ...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2005
7
Human Population and the Environmental Crisis
This scheme to plug the ozone hole seems relatively straightforward. Light hydrocarbons like ethane and propane are available, cheap and, aside from the danger of explosion, fairly easy to handle. Propane fuel is already in wide use in the ...
Ben Zuckerman, David Jefferson, 1996
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Twenty Years of Ozone Decline: Proceedings of the Symposium ...
The area of the ozone hole grew dramatically in the period after 1980 (Newman et al. 2004). Figure 3 shows the area of the ozone hole averaged over the Sept. 21–30 period as estimated from the total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) ...
Christos S. Zerefos, George Contopoulos, Gregory Skalkeas, 2009
9
Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change
Question: How effective will the Montreal Protocol be in reducing the severity of the antarctic ozone hole? Answer: There was no antarctic ozone hole from 1965 to 1970 with chlorine at a concentration of 2 ppbv. There is a huge antarctic ozone ...
‎1989
10
World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution
Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
Ranjeet S. Sokhi, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OZONE HOLE»

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1
World cooperated when ozone layer had a hole
It includes the story of how we humans actually cooperated to slow the growth of a dangerous ozone hole over the South Pole. After that, some ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Essay: Consider landscape to clean the lake
Unlike CFC refrigerants, which caused the ozone hole, there is no technical substitute for phosphorus. Successfully addressing phosphorus ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jul 15»
3
Sunburn Art Social Media Trend is Dangerous for Skin
With the ozone hole being larger than usual in this age and time, sunbathing is a surefire way of contracting skin cancer faster than you can say ... «I4U News, Jul 15»
4
Final Report on the 2014 Global Climate Released
--The ozone hole over the Antarctic continued to shrink as it was the sixth smallest on record since 1998. However, this decrease was still ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
5
Research suggests chlorofluorocarbons are the main culprits behind …
In his forthcoming book, "New Theories and Predictions on the Ozone Hole and Climate Change", Professor Lu quantifies the contributions of ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
6
EPA Bans a Gas That Once Helped Save the Ozone Layer
The gases that helped solve the ozone hole crisis in the 1980s are also some of the worst offenders when it comes to climate change. Now ... «Climate Central, Jul 15»
7
Greens Ask EPA to Regulate Carbon Dioxide
... helped reduce the chlorofluorocarbons that were causing the ozone hole," said former EPA scientist Dr. Donn Viviani, who joined the petition. «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»
8
Kathy Nelson: Biggest impact on our planet
Certain times of the year, the Antarctic ozone hole extends over parts of New Zealand, Australia, and South America, which raises fears of ... «Red Bluff Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Enviros Petition EPA To Regulate CO2 As Toxic Substance
... emissions under the same law that helped reduce the chlorofluorocarbons that were causing the ozone hole,” Dr. Viviani said in a statement. «Law360, Jun 15»
10
Q&A: Antarctica - our big icy threat
Global change, caused by the ozone hole and greenhouse gas emissions, has led to an intensification of the westerly winds and moved them ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ozone hole [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ozone-hole>. Apr 2024 ».
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