trans

1. not comparablephysicalchemistryIn (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 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.

   2015, William P Edwards, The Science of Bakery Products, Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, page 26

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   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.

   1973, Kert F. Ivie, The Effect of Peroxidase on Model Systems of Lipoxidase and Linoleic Acid, page 10

   Antonyms: cis

2. not comparablephysicalchemistryIn (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.

   Antonyms: cis

3. not comparablebiologyOf the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

   Antonyms: cis

1. 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 with than with members of the gender associated with their sex at birth.

   2018 May 30, Shon Faye, “I’m trans, and I don’t care if we were ‘born this way’. Neither should you”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2020

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   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 students from participating on sports teams that are consistent with their gender identity.

   2024 October 21, Devan Cole, “ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2024

2. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of trans*.

plural transes

1. humorousinformaloffensivesometimesA trans person.

   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.

   2001 November 23, D a#344, “TS out and proud compensation for passabilty?”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet)

present singular third person transes · participle present transing · participle past transed · past transed

1. humoroustransitivehuman sciencesTo 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.

   2012, Trystan Cotten, Transgender Migrations: The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition, →ISBN

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   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.

   2012, Finn Enke, Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, →ISBN, pages 4 and 20

2. InternethumorousoffensivetransitiveTo render (someone) transgender.

   Doctors accused of transing kids.

3. InternethumorousintransitiveoffensiveTo become transgender.

   They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.

   2023 January 5, @WingsScotland [Wings Over Scotland], Twitter (post)

plural transes

1. abbreviationclippingClipping of translation

   —What do you know about it? shouted Stephen. You never read a line of anything in your life except a trans or Boland either.

   1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

2. abbreviationclippingClipping of transaction.
3. abbreviationclippingClipping of transmission.

   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 […]

   2005 September 13, Richard, Re: Valvoline Transmission Fluid ATF+3 Chrysler Approved?, rec.autos.makers.chrysler, Usenet, quoting another user

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   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.

   1998 May 14, Gary S. Callison, “Trans change (was: Something I just deleted and forgot)”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet)

1. pluralplural of tran

1. pluralplural of Tran