ozonometern.
/ˌəʊzə(ʊ)ˈnɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌoʊˌzoʊˈnɑmədər/ An instrument or device for measuring the amount of ozone in the air.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air in any specific place or at specific time > measurement of specific quality of air > instruments for measuring specific qualities
eudiometer1777
oximeter1803
ozonometer1851
ozonoscope1872
sepometer1876
koniscope1892
formenophone1894
konimeter1918
Tyndallmeter1919
1851 Sci. Amer. 8 Mar. 194/4 On the 9th of January, the ozonometer showed a still greater increase in the proportion of ozone in the air; the same day ten persons died of the influenza.
1868 Eng. Cycl. (at cited word) An ozonometer by which a strip of ozone-paper 24 inches in length is exposed successively for an hour to the action of the atmosphere.
1876 Narr. North Polar Expedition 219 A small shelter had been built... In it were placed..the wet and dry bulb psychrometers..and the ozonometer.
1973 Nature 31 Aug. 549/2 Stations making measurements with the Russian filter ozonometer were excluded.
1994 Science 5 Aug. 722/2 The regional nature of these observations is established by simultaneous observations with two identical ozonometers of record low ozone at Seguin and four other Texas cities.
Derivatives
ozonoˈmetric adj. of or relating to the measurement of ozone in the air.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > oxygen > [adjective] > ozones > measurement of
ozonometric1857
ozonoscopic1858
1857 T. Watson Lect. Physic (ed. 4) (L.) He got several physicians at Basle to compare their lists of catarrhal patients with his table of atmosphero-ozonometric observations.
1995 Physics Abstr. 1 Dec. 15257/2 Existence of ground based ozonometric measurements with proper calibration is essential.
ozoˈnometry n. the measurement of the amount of ozone in the air.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air in any specific place or at specific time > measurement of specific quality of air
ozonometry1858
1858 Househ. Words 7 Aug. 171/2 Ozonometry is still in its infancy.
1997 Proc. 23rd European Meeting Atmospheric Stud. Optical Methods (title) Ultimate capabilities of space UV ozonometry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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