Pronunciations
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/tɹænz/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
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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.
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.
In (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.
Usage- not-comparable
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The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
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Adjective
Transgender or transsexual.
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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.
Noun
A trans person.
Usage- Humorous
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- Offensive
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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.
Verb
To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).
Usage- Humorous
- Transitive
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[…] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.
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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.
To render (someone) transgender.
Usage- Internet
- Humorous
- Offensive
- Transitive
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Doctors accused of transing kids.
To become transgender.
Usage- Internet
- Humorous
- Intransitive
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They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.