ts
see also: TS, Ts
Noun
  1. plural form of t

TS
Adjective

ts (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of transsexual#English|transsexual.
    • 1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26:
      To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]
    • 2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179:
      Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.
Noun

ts

  1. Abbreviation of transsexual#English|transsexual.
  2. Abbreviation of transcript#English|transcript.
  3. Initialism of tough shit
  4. (in ISO standards) Initialism of technical standard
  5. Initialism of technical specification
  6. Initialism of top secret
  7. Initialism of Tourette syndrome
    • 1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247:
      One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]
    • 2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment ISBN 1464923671, page 237:
      We report (1) […] ; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]
  8. Initialism of Turner syndrome
  9. Initialism of turbine ship: a steamship powered by steam turbine
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon
    • 1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98:
      […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage.
      The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker -an (HG -in) is attached.

Ts
Noun
  1. plural form of T
Noun

ts

  1. (chemistry) Abbreviation of tosyl#English|tosyl.



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