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cis-

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.

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  • prefix On this side of, e.g. Cis-Neptunian object.
  • prefix chemistry Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.

Etymologies

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From the Latin preposition cis ("on this side of").

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antonyms (2)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. trans-
  2. ultra-

same context (34)

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  5. blue-collar
  6. configurational
  7. electro-positive
  8. endo-
  9. endothelial-cell
  10. eschatological
  11. excitatory
  12. exo-
  13. facilitative
  14. hominid
  15. isomers
  16. juristic
  17. linoleic
  18. lond
  19. m
  20. mono-
  21. non-canonical
  22. non-covalent
  23. para-
  24. phosphine
  25. purposive
  26. sensorial
  27. subcortical
  28. tetrameric
  29. thiol
  30. time-frequency
  31. trans-
  32. trans-isomer
  33. uk-based
  34. undramatic

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