# trans

Pronunciation: say "TRANZ" /tɹænz/

## Adjective

1. Short for transgender (or transsexual), and often used as an umbrella term: having a gender identity that differs from the sex assigned at birth, including nonbinary and genderfluid people.
   - Simple: Having a gender that is different from the one people said you were when you were born.
   - _The clinic offers care designed for trans patients of all ages._
   - _Several trans athletes testified at the hearing on the proposed ban._
2. In chemistry, describing an isomer or arrangement in which two particular atoms or groups lie on opposite sides of a double bond or of a central metal atom.
   - Simple: In chemistry: having two matching parts of a molecule on opposite sides, not on the same side.
   - _Partial hydrogenation turns some of the cis double bonds in vegetable oil into trans double bonds._
   - _Fumaric acid is the trans isomer of maleic acid._
4. On or relating to the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
   - Simple: In cells, describes the side of the Golgi apparatus that is farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
   - _Newly made enzymes collect on the trans side of the Golgi before being sorted._
   - _Cargo is sorted in the trans Golgi network before it is shipped out._

## Noun

3. Short for transmission: the gearbox that carries power from a vehicle's engine to its wheels. — Clipping of transmission.
   - Simple: Short for transmission: the gearbox that sends power from a car's engine to its wheels.
   - _Check the trans fluid before you decide the whole gearbox is shot._
   - _He rebuilt the trans himself over two weekends in the garage._
5. Short for transaction: a payment, trade, deal, or group of database operations treated as one unit. — Clipping of transaction.
   - Simple: Short for transaction. Used for a payment, a trade or a deal.
   - _The clerk asked for the trans number at the bottom of my receipt so she could look up the refund._
   - _Bank statements often list the trans date beside the posting date, and the two can differ by a day or two._

## Verb

6. To cross gender, sex or a similar divide, passing from one side of it to the other.
   - Simple: To cross from one side of gender, or a similar line, to the other.

## Other meanings

- (noun) An informal word for a trans person, used sometimes as a joke and sometimes as an insult.
- (verb) In humorous or mocking online slang, to become transgender or cause someone to become transgender.

## Origin

**Meanings 2, 4** — English took trāns ("on the other side of") from Latin. Très is a doublet.
**Meanings 1, 6** — A shortening of transgender or transsexual, words that go back ultimately to Latin trāns.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trans (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).