Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in some words of Greek origin, meaning ‘equal.’
- noun In the names of chemical compounds, used to imply ‘of equal or like formation’ or ‘isomeric,’ distinguishing a compound from one isomeric with it.
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- noun American football An
isolation play in which thefullback leads thetailback into the opposing defensive line
Etymologies
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Examples
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Go to download the iso from a torrent ... in progress madigan82
Windows 7 RC Available For Download Now | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Would be grateful if someone extracts that livecd boot image file in iso-buster and mail it to me.
Ubuntu 7.04 released and installed — Meandering Passage 2007
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This fetich is also called iso (grandmother), hence the name given to the house where it is kept.
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This region, the stratosphere, has been called the iso-thermal region, or the region of nearly constant temperature.
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This fetich is also called iso (grandmother), hence the name given to the house where it is kept.
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Sometimes the files are encapsulated in risky wrappers like. exe format (which I would be very wary of) or. iso, which is fine for the latest Linux distro, not so understandable for a multimedia file.
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia Nigel 2010
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The server2008dvd. iso is the file you gonna burn onto a new DVD you can call the iso file whatever you like.
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The server2008dvd. iso is the file you gonna burn onto a new DVD you can call the iso file whatever you like.
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Today, Unesco recognizes such cultural manifestations as the storytelling of Kyrgyzstan, the sand designs of Vanuatu, the Ugandan craft of making bark cloth, the folk singing known as iso-polyphony in Albania and ox-herding in Costa Rica.
Alanat News 2008
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"We knew they were going to try to 'iso' DWil," Brewer said.
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Then there is shortening, on which Australians seem particularly keen, having coined pando (pandemic), iso (isolation) and sanny (hand sanitiser).
The rules of coronaspeak The Economist 2020
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