"ozone hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ozone holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ozone hole (plural ozone holes)
  1. A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring. Categories (topical): Atmosphere, Oxygen Categories (place): Antarctica, Places Related terms: ODS Translations (region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring): ozonová díra [feminine] (Czech), ozonhul [neuter] (Danish), gat in de ozonlaag [neuter] (Dutch), ozongat [neuter] (Dutch), otsonireikä (Finnish), otsoniaukko (Finnish), trou dans la couche d’ozone [masculine] (French), Ozonloch [neuter] (German), τρύπα του όζοντος (trýpa tou ózontos) [feminine] (Greek), ózonlyuk (Hungarian), buco dell'ozono [masculine] (Italian), озоны цоорхой (ozony coorxoj) (Mongolian), dziura ozonowa [feminine] (Polish), озоновая дыра (ozonovaja dyra) [feminine] (Russian), agujero de ozono [masculine] (Spanish), ozonhål (Swedish), озонова діра (ozonova dira) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
      "word": "озоны цоорхой"
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dziura ozonowa"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ozonovaja dyra",
      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
      "word": "ozonhål"
    },
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      "roman": "ozonova dira",
      "sense": "region of the stratosphere over Antarctica that is depleted of ozone in the local spring",
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