iso

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iso"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Isoko.

Symbol

iso

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Isoko.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Isoko terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: ISO

Noun

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of isolation.
   1. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
   2. (American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
      • 2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times‎:

        “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”

2. (category theory) Clipping of isomorphism.

Derived terms

• self-iso

Anagrams

• I/Os, ios, OSI, SIO, soi, OIs, OIS, SOI, iOS, IOs, Ios

Central Dusun

Central Dusun numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: iso     Ordinal: koiso

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Numeral

iso

1. one

References

• The Brunei Museum Journal (1983), volume 5, issue 3, page 116