is

8 definitions found

is - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Is- \Is-\
     See Iso-.
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  Is \Is\, v. i. [AS. is; akin to G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. ?,
     Skr. asti. [root]9. Cf. Am, Entity, Essence, Absent.]
     The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the
     indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See
     Be.
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     Note: In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old
           English, is was used for all persons of the singular.
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                 For thy is I come, and eke Alain.  --Chaucer.
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                 Aye is thou merry.                 --Chaucer.
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     Note: The idiom of using the present for future events sure
           to happen is a relic of Old English in which the
           present and future had the same form; as, this year
           Christmas is on Friday.
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                 To-morrow is the new moon.         --1 Sam. xx.
                                                    5.
           Isabel

  Iso- \I"so-\, Is- \Is-\ [Gr. 'i`sos equal.]
     A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality;
     the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous,
     isochromatic. Specif.:
     (a) (Chem.) Applied to certain compounds having the same
         composition but different properties; as in isocyanic.
     (b) (Organic Chem.) Applied to compounds of certain isomeric
         series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is
         connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted
         with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane.
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is - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  IS
  
     1. <standard> International Standard.
  
     2. Intermediate System.
  

  is
  
     <networking> The country code for Iceland.
  
     (1999-01-27)
  

is - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  IS
         Intermediate System (ATM)
         

  IS
         International Supplement (ODT)
         

  IS
         International Standard (ISO)