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iso¹

  • /ˈaɪsəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈaɪsoʊ/ US

Sounds like ISO

noun isos

  1. colloquial, countable, uncountable Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
  2. colloquial, countable, uncountable An isolation play in basketball or American football. “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”
  3. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of isomorphism

iso²

preposition

  1. abbreviation, initialism, in personal ads Initialism of in search of

ISO³

  • /ˈaɪ.səʊ/ UK
  • /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈaɪ.soʊ/ US
  • /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌoʊ/ US

Sounds like iso

Where it comes from

Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”). However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set.

(file format): From the file extension, in reference to the ISO 9660 specification.

proper noun

  1. The International Organization for Standardization. Sutton SignWriting is the universal and complete solution for written sign language, ISO 15924 script code "Sgnw".

noun ISOs

  1. A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD). I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc.
  2. A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.

ISO⁴

noun ISOs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Imperial Service Order
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of incentive stock option
  3. abbreviation, derogatory, initialism Initialism of instrument-shaped object
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of information security officer

preposition

  1. abbreviation, initialism, in personal ads Initialism of in search of SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets..."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: standardization, ovi, gri, large, big, hollo, osi, iec, abir, gtr, amyl, maltose, butane, pentane, butylene, propyl

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{iso_2026,
  title = {iso},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iso},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}