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ozone
  ازون  
ozon (#)
Fr.: ozone  

A form of oxygen, O3, in which the molecule is made of three atoms instead of the usual two.

See also: From Ger. Ozon, coined in 1840 by Ger. chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799-1868) from Gk. ozon, neute pr.p. of ozein “to smell.” So called for its peculiar odor.