ozonizev.
/ˈəʊzə(ʊ)nʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌzoʊˌnaɪz/ Chemistry.† 2. transitive. To convert (oxygen) into ozone. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To impregnate, enrich, or treat with ozone; to cause to react with ozone, esp. in an ozonolysis process.
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1844 C. L. Schoenbein Let. 25 Nov. in M. Faraday Corr. (1991) III. 288 An ozonized atmosphere may be shaken for a great length of time..without loosing [sic] its characteristic properties.
1846 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 136 137 A solution of potash, sufficiently long treated with air ozonized (by the means of phosphorus), yields a liquid which..has the power of destroying indigo.
1861 Sci. Amer. 17 Aug. 102/3 Ozonize the air in a sulphuric acid carboy.
1879 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1 9 This contrivance was adopted..when it was desired to ozonize dyed goods, flowers and similar large objects.
1906 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 90 227 A solution of sodium oleate was ozonised and then evaporated under reduced pressure.
1968 Adv. Chem. Ser. 77 35 To determine what mechanistic pathways might be operating to account for the different cis-trans ratios, we have ozonized the olefin stereoisomers in the presence of the respective, necessary aldehydes.
1996 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. d1 The DWP [Department of Water and Power] ozonizes its water. That disinfection process..is effective against cryptosporidium.
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1866–77 H. Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 300 Dry oxygen..can be only partially ozonised by electric discharges.
1893 Times 19 July 2/6 A condenser charge is obtained by means of which the oxygen around the points is condensed or ozonized.
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ˈozonized adj.
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1844Ozonized [see sense 1].
1898 Cosmopolitan Aug. 436/2 The ozonized ocean breezes seem to stimulate the whole digestive tract to renewed exertion.
1962 D. J. Waddington Org. Chem. iv. 31 Ethylene reacts with ozone, when ozonised oxygen is bubbled through a solution of ethylene in chloroform.
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1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 165 This blue colour may be developed by guaiacum and ozonizing substances.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 143/2 One of the disadvantages of the ozonising system is the peculiar flavour imparted to the water, which is distinctly distasteful to some palates.
1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 21 Oct. f1 Tecksol installed ozonizing equipment, believed to be a healthier alternative to chlorine, at Montreal's Biodome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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