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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

iso- en · X

Pronunciation

  • /aɪˈsɑ-/ (General-American)
  • /aɪˈsɒ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /aɪsə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /aɪsoʊ-/ (General-American)
  • /aɪˈsɔ-/ (General-American)
  • /aɪsə-/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /aɪsəʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Internationalism. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Same, identical.
    • iso- + effect → isoeffect
    • iso- + intense → isointense
  2. (morpheme) Equal; equivalent.
    • iso- + rhythm → isorhythm
  3. (morpheme) Isomer.
    • iso- + methadone → isomethadone
  4. (morpheme) Of an aliphatic compound, especially a fatty acid, having a branch on the penultimate carbon atom of a chain.
    • iso- + hexane → isohexane
  5. (morpheme) Forms terms for specific kinds of isolines.
    • iso- + -chrone → isochrone
    • iso- + -therm → isotherm
  6. (morpheme) Isomorphism.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
is- alternative, before-vowel lexicographic

Antonyms

aniso- · allo- · hetero-

Deriveds

anteiso- · isomanifold · isoinner product · isosymmetry · isolocal · isohilbert space · isotransformation

Relateds

homeo-

Synonyms

homo- · equi- · syn-//sym- · ipsi- · pari-

Translations (9)

el ισο- (equal) · it iso- (equal) · pt iso- (equal) · fr iso- (equal) · fi iso- (equal) · es iso- (equal) · pl izo- (equal) · ga isi- (equal) · ru изо- (equal)