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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