cis > define
noun
- A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37, 000, 000, 000 disintegrations per second.
- An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
- synonyms: Commonwealth of Independent States
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(Military) CIS stands for one of the following: common item support; Commonwealth of Independent States; communications interface shelter
by Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.