iso

i·so

[ahy-soh]
noun, plural i·sos. Television Slang.
isolated camera.
Origin:
by shortening; cf. -o

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ISO

1.
incentive stock option.
2.
International Standardization organization.
3.
the numerical exposure index of a photographic film under the system adopted by the International Standardization Organization, used to indicate the light sensitivity of the film's emulsion.
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iso-

a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words: isochromatic; in chemistry, used in the names of substances which are isomeric with the substance denoted by the base word: isocyanic acid.
Also, especially before a vowel, is-.

Origin:
< Greek, combining form of ísos equal

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ISO (aɪsaʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
International Organization for Standardization
 
[Greek isos equal; often wrongly thought to be an abbreviation for International Standards Organization]

iso- or (before a vowel) is-
 
—combining form
1.  equal or identical: isomagnetic
2.  indicating that a chemical compound is an isomer of a specified compound: isobutane; isocyanic acid
 
[from Greek isos equal]
 
is- or (before a vowel) is-
 
—combining form
 
[from Greek isos equal]

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iso- or is-
pref.

  1. Equal; uniform: isobar.

  2. Isomeric: isopropyl.

  3. Characterized by sameness with respect to species: isoantigen.

  4. Characterized by sameness with respect to genotype: isograft.

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ISO   (ī'ěs-ō')  Pronunciation Key 
An organization, the International Organization for Standardization, that sets standards in many businesses and technologies, including computing and communications. The term ISO is not an abbreviation, but instead derives from the Greek word īsos, meaning equal.
iso-  

  1. A prefix that means "equal," as in isometric, "having equal measurements."

  2. A prefix used to indicate an isomer of an organic compound, especially a branched isomer of a compound that normally consists of a straight chain. The isomer is characterized by a Y-shaped branch at the end of the chain that consists of two "prongs". Each prong consists of one carbon atom. Thus isopentane contains five carbon atoms like normal pentane, but arranged as a chain of three carbons plus a Y-shaped branch of two carbons at the end.


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ISO

standard cup of tea n. [South Africa] A cup of tea with milk and one teaspoon of sugar, where the milk is poured into the cup before the tea. Variations are ISO 0, with no sugar; ISO 2, with two spoons of sugar; and so on.

Like many ISO standards, this one has a faintly alien ring in North America, where hackers generally shun the decadent British practice of adulterating perfectly good tea with dairy products and prefer instead to add a wedge of lemon, if anything. If one were feeling extremely silly, one might hypothesize an analogous `ANSI standard cup of tea' and wind up with a political situation distressingly similar to several that arise in much more serious technical contexts. (Milk and lemon don't mix very well.)
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ISO definition


International Organization for Standardization

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ISO

  1. in search of

  2. International Organization for Standardization (technically not an initialism—term is based on the prefix iso —, from the Greek isos, meaning “equal”)

  3. intraseasonal atmospheric oscillation

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