trans
Pronunciation Adjective

trans (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
    the trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands
  2. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
Verb

trans (transes, present participle transing; past and past participle transed)

  1. (rare, transitive, social sciences) To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or something in that vein).
    • 2012, Trystan Cotten, Transgender Migrations: The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition (ISBN 113666744X):
      […] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.
    • 2012, Finn Enke, Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies (ISBN 143990748X), pages 4 and 20:
      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 crossed, or transed, gender[.] […] People who trans gender as well as people who do not may receive cis-privileges, and people who do not intentionally trans gender as well as people who do are denied cis-privileges if they fail to pass (or pass enough) in the sex/gender they are expected to be.
Adjective

trans (not comparable)

  1. Transgender (or sometimes transsexual).
    trans rights are human rights
    • 2018, Shon Faye, The Guardian, 30 May ↗:
      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 with than with members of the gender associated with their sex at birth.
  2. Alternative form of trans*
Related terms Translations Noun

trans (plural transes)

  1. (informal, sometimes, offensive, sometimes, jocular) A trans person.
    • 2001 November 23, "D a#344", TS out and proud compensation for passabilty?, alt.support.srs, Usenet:
      Good thing about Thanksgiving with the transes is you don;t need to explain your need to dialate in the middle of a movie. ; ) Dana a#344.
Noun

trans

  1. Clipping of transaction#English|transaction.
  2. Clipping of transmission#English|transmission.
    • 1998 May 14, Gary S. Callison, Trans change (was: Something I just deleted and forgot), alt.fan.cecil-adams, Usenet:
      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.
    • 2005 September 13, Richard, Re: Valvoline Transmission Fluid ATF+3 Chrysler Approved?, rec.autos.makers.chrysler, Usenet, quoting another user:
      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 […]
Noun
  1. plural form of tran



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