iso
ISO規格
解説 Definition
iso は、国際標準化機構（International Organization for Standardization）による規格を指す語として使われます。製品、サービス、管理方法などの品質や手順をそろえるための国際的な基準について述べるときに用いられます。
ISO refers to the International Organization for Standardization or, by extension, to standards issued by that organization. Such standards establish internationally agreed requirements or guidance for products, services, processes, and management systems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ISO は各国語で組織名の語順が異なっても共通に使えるよう、ギリシャ語 isos「等しい」にちなむ短縮名です。「世界で同じ基準にそろえる」と結び付け、ISO standards、ISO certification のまとまりで覚えましょう。正式な表記は通常すべて大文字の ISO です。
Remember ISO through the Greek word isos, meaning “equal.” The organization chose one international short name instead of using different initials for its name in different languages. This matches its purpose: helping countries and organizations work according to shared standards. Learn it in common combinations such as ISO standard, ISO certification, and ISO requirements. Although the entry is shown in lowercase, the recognized name is normally written in capitals as ISO. Picture a factory using the same internationally agreed measurements and procedures as factories elsewhere.
例文
This factory follows iso standards.
この工場はISO規格に従っています。
The company received iso certification last year.
その会社は昨年ISO認証を取得しました。
We checked the iso rules before changing the process.
私たちは工程を変える前にISO規格を確認しました。
iso の類義語・関連語
類義語
紛らわしい語
iso の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ISO は単なる英語の頭字語ではなく、ギリシャ語 isos「等しい」にちなむ国際的な短縮形です。各国語で正式名が違っても「同じ基準」を示す語根を採ったので、ISO規格は「等しさを保つ標準」と考えると腑に落ちます。関連語は isometric, isotope。
ISO is the official short name of the International Organization for Standardization. It is not simply the English initials of that name, which would occur in a different order. The form was chosen with reference to Greek isos, meaning “equal,” so that the same short name could be used internationally despite differences among languages. Related technical formations such as isometric and isotope also contain the Greek element iso-, expressing equality or sameness.
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