/tɹænz/
OriginBorrowed from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.
- not-comparable, physicalIn (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
“A series of one electron shifts in this complex establish a new trans double bond at carbon ll which transfers the hydrogen to oxygen, forming the hydroperoxide and liberating the enzyme.”
“A cis double bond is one where the hydrogen atoms are both on the same side. In contrast, a trans double bond has them on the opposite side.”
- not-comparable, physicalIn (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.
“The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.”
- not-comparableOf the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
- not-comparableTransgender or transsexual.
“Last week, a study released in Belgium suggested that trans people’s brains – including those of trans children – more closely matched those belonging to other members of the gender they identified wi”
“The community also has faced political setbacks in recent years as states passed a flurry of laws, including health care bans like the one at issue in the case and measures that prohibit trans student”
- humorous, transitiveTo cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).
“[…] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.”
“Although they did so in sometimes very different ways and in different communities, transsexuals, drag queens, butch lesbians, cross-dressers, feminine men, and masculine women all in some senses cros”
- abbreviation, alt-of, clippingClipping of transaction.
- abbreviation, alt-of, clippingClipping of transmission.
“Most of the transes I've seen die started out by losing a gear, usually the high one. If this happens to you, first check the trans fluid level, *then* panic.”
“If there really had been a difference and the transes were so forgiving as to be able to tolerate it, then cheaper alternatives like Lubeguard and […]”
- form-of, pluralplural of tran
- form-of, pluralplural of Tran
Formstranses(present, singular, third-person) · transing(participle, present) · transed(participle, past) · transed(past) · transes(plural)