IS 224191 221496194 2008-06-24T19:29:25Z Bobo192 97951 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/76.2.92.120|76.2.92.120]] ([[User talk:76.2.92.120|talk]]) to last version by Pilotguy {{wiktionarypar|is|is-}} {{tocright}} The word '''"is"''' constitutes the third-person singular form of "[[to be]]", copula of the [[English language]]. ===Abbreviations=== As a [[two-letter abbreviation]], "IS", "Is", or "is" may refer to: *[[Image stabilization]], a family of techniques to reduce blur caused by lens shakes *[[Immune system]], organic mechanisms that protect against disease *[[Independence Square]], any of several public squares around the world *[[Independent Soldiers]], a Canadian gang *[[Information science]], the study of data collection, manipulation, and dissemination *[[Information system]], an organization of data-processing persons, records, and activities *[[Insertion sequence]], a short DNA transposable element *Intelligent Sport, the [[Lexus IS]] compact-sized sedan made by [[Toyota]] *[[Intelligent Systems]], a first-party videogame developer and internal team of Nintendo *[[IntelliStar]], a computer system used to display local forecasts on The Weather Channel *[[Intermediate school]], education between primary and secondary *[[Internal security]], the work of keeping domestic peace by a national force *[[International Sign]], considered a pidgin sign language *[[International Socialists]], any of several Trotskyist political organizations *[[Internet slang]], slang terms used on the Internet and in text and instant messages *Interservice, between or among different branches of one nation's [[armed forces]] *[[Intersexual]], an organism with sex characteristics neither exclusively male nor female **''[[IS (manga)|IS]]'', a manga about intersexuals by Chiyo Rokuhana *[[Interstate]], between states, in any of several meanings *[[Intrinsic safety]], a protection technique for electronic equipment in explosive atmospheres *Investment/Saving equilibrium, a curve in the Keynesian [[IS/LM]] economic model *Iosif Stalin or [[Joseph Stalin]], General Secretary of the Soviet Union, and namesakes: **[[IS tank]], a Soviet heavy tank in World War II **[[Locomotive IS]], a Soviet passenger steam locomotive *[[Isaiah]], a prophet of the Bible, and namesake: **The [[Book of Isaiah]], a book of the Bible *[[Island]], or isle, an isolated piece of land surrounded by water *[[Ísland]] or Iceland (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), a North Atlantic nation **"[[.is]]", Iceland's top-level Internet domain *Island Airlines (IATA reservation code), an American aviation firm merged into [[Air BC]] *[[Íslenska]] or Icelandic (ISO 639-1 alpha-2), the language of Iceland *[[Israel]] (NATO country code), a Middle Eastern nation *Istrebitel Sputnikov or interceptor of satellites, a Russian [[anti-satellite weapon]] ===Words=== Other [[words]] formed from the letters "is" include: *"is" (plural "ises"), anything factual, empirical, actual, or spatiotemporal, in [[is-ought]] philosophy *"is", the Anglo-Saxon form of the rune [[Isaz]] *Is or I's, plural of any of several meanings of "[[I]]", particularly: **[[I formation]]s in American football **Incompletes, scores used in [[academic grading in North America]] **[[One]]s in Roman numerals **Particular affirmative premises in [[syllogistic]] logic, the third premise form coded by a vowel **[[Selves]] known by the pronoun "I" *Is or [[Hīt]], an Iraqi town on the Euphrates *Is or [[Ys]] (also Ker-Ys or Ville d'Is), a mythical city of 5th-century Brittany *"is-" (Greek ''isos''), a [[prefix]] similar to "iso-", meaning equal, homogeneous, or uniform *''[[I"s]]'', a manga by Masakazu Katsura with main characters Ichitaka and Iori *<math>i\,</math>s, [[imaginary unit]]s in the complex number system *<math>{\hat{\imath}}</math>s, [[unit vector]]s along the x-axis ===See also=== *[[E-Prime]], a modified English syntax and vocabulary lacking all forms of "to be" *[[Klingon language]], a fictional language in the Star Trek universe lacking the verb "to be" *[[Orang Asli]], a Malaysian people whose language lacks the verb "to be" *[[Sioux language]]s, some of which lack the verb "to be" *[[Lexus IS]] a performance sedan from Lexus {{disambig}} [[da:Is]] [[de:IS]] [[el:IS]] [[eo:IS]] [[fr:IS]] [[ko:IS]] [[it:IS]] [[lv:IS]] [[nl:Is]] [[ja:IS]] [[ksh:IS (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[ru:ИС]] [[sl:IS]] [[fi:Is]] [[sv:IS]]