iso
noun
iso
1 American
[ahy-soh]
/ ˈaɪ soʊ /
noun
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isos
plural
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Television Slang. isolated camera.
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Sports.
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Basketball. a play in which an offensive player and a single defender are isolated and must play one-on-one.
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Football. a play in which a fullback acts as a blocker for the halfback.
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ISO
2
American
abbreviation
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incentive stock option.
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the numerical exposure index of a photographic film, used to indicate the light sensitivity of the film's emulsion.
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in search of: (used inclassified ads ).
ISO roommate for a 2 bed/1 bath apartment.
ISO
3
American
Trademark.
iso-
4
American
iso-
1
British
combining form
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equal or identical
isomagnetic
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indicating that a chemical compound is an isomer of a specified compound
isobutane
isocyanic acid
ISO
2
British
/ aɪsaʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of iso1
By shortening; cf. -o
Origin of iso-4
From Greek, combining form of ísos “equal”
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“I thought both of them hit some really difficult shots. They went into iso and took mid-range turnaround, contested twos that our guys challenged them on. They make those because they’re elite offensive players.”
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
“There are certain sets that we are looking at, certain spacing alignment, whether to bring a big to the ball, keep him iso on the wing,” Vogel said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Yeah, it's a lot of handle and it's a lot of iso and picking on the weak guy.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2021
This concept is known as the iso principle, which is a technique music therapists use to alter the mood of a patient.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2020
I tried to stand, but the room spun around me and I iso plopped back down.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
A growing fleet of ships laden with ISO tanks and smaller fuel containers shuttles back and forth between the two countries, the Journal’s analysis shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
A truck carrying an empty ISO tank arrived at Mariel on Sept. 26.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
This precaution against reducing the water temperature is absent from ISO 3103—conspicuously so, in the eyes of some tea aficionados, and particularly Irish ones.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026
Legitimate pairs of eclipse glasses will have safety certification ISO 12312-2 or ISO 12312-2:2015 printed somewhere on the glasses, according to The Royal Observatory Greenwich.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
ISO • “Yes,” the woman on the other end said.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This season, while Beal has led the Wizards with a 22.6 scoring average, DeRozan shed his former iso- and midrange-heavy ways, expanding his game to the three-point arc and averaging 23 points.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018
Most of Vienna is Baroque, in fine fashion, but there are iso- lated examples of Gothic.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
“They went wherever they wanted to go, scoring from the paint, floaters, isos, offensive rebounds, free throws, 3s,” said Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 34 points and 13 rebounds.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
In technical terms, these groups are connected by an “isomorphism,” a term whose etymology—from the Greek isos, meaning “equal,” and morphe, meaning “form”—indicates its meaning.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2021
The Lakers’ offensive sets were monotonous in the extreme – Kobe isos near the elbow that lead to either penetration toward the hoop or a wild fadeaway jumper.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2016
The 1833 edition has no title but this quotation from Sappho prefixed:— 'Phainetai moi kaenos isos theoisin Emmen anaer'—SAPPHO.
From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by John Churton Collins
Such zones or divisions of the land, ocean, or atmosphere, which have an equal degree of mean annual warmth, are said to be isothermal, from ισος, isos, equal, and θερμη, therme, heat.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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