List of iso's - polizzilab/software-wiki GitHub Wiki

Lovingly compiled by Jeffrey for your amusement and education

Please add any terms I am missing I will be endlessly thankful!

in alphabetical order:

term	meaning	field	encountered?
Isobaric	equal pressure	thermodynamics	in class
Isochoric	equal volume (also isovolumetric)	thermodynamics	in class
Isochrone	(1) the set of all points with the same travel time (2) a special kind of curve	hydrology, urban planning, math	recreationally, only while browsing blogs
Isocline	level set of a curve, for instance the nullcline in ODEs	math	hell no
Isocratic	chromatography where the mobile phase composition is kept constant, rather than a gradient	chemistry	yes the FPLC has this word
Isoelectric point	pH where a protein/peptide is uncharged	biochemistry	sometimes in research
Isoelectronic	Two molecules with different elements but the same geometry and electronic configuration	chemistry	in my undergrad lab
Isoform	highy similar proteins which originate from same gene but have alternative mRNA splicing	biology	in class
Isogenic	same genotype, e.g. the control experiments in high-throughput library assays	biology	in my old lab
Isologous	e.g. ethane, ethylene, acetylene	chemistry	no
Isomorphic	two mathematical objects with a bijection that correspond exactly to one another	math	everyday yo
Isomorphous	two crystals with the same symmetry and similar lattice parameters	chemistry	in class
Isopleth	general term for a surface of constant __	meteorology	no
Isopycnic	surface of equal density	ocean science	in a random conversation one night at the MIT student center
Isosbestic	in UV/vis spectroscopy to monitor kinetics, a wavelength where absorption doesn't change over time	chemistry	yes, in figure S1 of my first paper!
Isoschizimer	a DNA restriction enzyme with the same cut site	mol. bio	Azim showed me
Isostatic	earth's crust floating on the mantle	earth science	no
Isosteric	same as isoelectronic I think?	chemsitry	in my undergrad lab
Isosthermal	at a constant temperature	thermodynamics	everyday
Isotactic	a polymer whose adjacent monomers have the same chirality	chemistry	no
Isotonic	Two solutions with the same osmolarity	physics / chemistry	in preparing sinus rinses
Isotope	the same chemical element but two different atomic masses	physics / chemistry	everyday
Isotropic	rotationally uniform with no preferred orientation	physics / chemistry	in classes, often helpful today in research
Isozyme	two enzymes with same function but different sequence	biochemistry	kinda