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ISO
Etymology 1
Proper noun
ISO
(organisation) International Organization for Standardization
Noun
ISO (plural ISOs)
(computing) A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension.
(photography) A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.
Etymology 2
Noun
ISO
Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
Preposition
ISO
(in personal ads) Initialism of in search of.
Anagrams
• IOs, Ios, OIs, OSI, SOI, iOS, ios, soi
Noun
iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)
(colloquial) Clipping of isolation.
Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
(American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
(category theory) Clipping of isomorphism.
Anagrams
• IOs, Ios, OIs, OSI, SOI, iOS, ios, soi
Source: Wiktionary
I"so-, Is-.Etym: [Gr. 'i`sos equal.]
Definition: A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic. Specif.: (a) (Chem.) Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in isocyanic. (b) (Organic Chem.) Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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