English Dictionary: IS | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. Note: In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular. For thy is I come, and eke Alain. --Chaucer. Aye is thou merry. --Chaucer. 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. To-morrow is the new moon. --1 Sam. xx. 5. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Is- \Is-\ See {Iso-}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IS 1. 2. {Intermediate System}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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