ISN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ISN mean? 

• ISN (noun)
  The noun ISN has 1 sense:

1. Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations

  Familiarity information: ISN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

International Relations and Security Network; ISN

Hypernyms ("ISN" is a kind of...):

international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)

Domain region:

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)

 Context examples 

One way to increase blood vitamin D levels is to increase sun exposure, but that isn’t always possible in urban environments, or in people with darker skin pigmentation.

(Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children, National Institutes of Health)

"He isn't dead," she called to Hans.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

While just how vitamin D is good for our arteries isn't completely understood, it appears to impact blood vessel health in many ways.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Over the years, nutrition science has become more sophisticated, and research by ARS scientists is showing that counting calories isn't always as simple as it may seem.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

No, sir, Dr. Becher is an Englishman, and there isn’t a man in the parish who has a better-lined waistcoat.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This study shows that dust transported around the world in the atmosphere is an important source of nutrients for plants, even where its contribution isn't obvious.

(Study reveals surprising role of dust in mountain ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

As for Cooky, if he isn’t lively bat him between the eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“It's better for me to be stupid than uncomfortable, isn't it?” said Dora.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But it isn't clear whether this is because of the antioxidants, something else in the foods, or other factors.

(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Isn't it awful! I feel sorry, really and truly sorry, for two of the poor fellows.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)