Definitions

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  • adjective Transgender.

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  • noun Abbreviation of transaction.
  • adjective colloquial Transgender, transsexual.
  • adjective chemistry Describing a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
  • adjective cytology Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for transgender and transsexual.]

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Abbreviation.

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Clipping of transsexual or of transgender, from Latin trāns.

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From Latin trāns

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Examples

  • Slide 18: Cis, Trans Isomerism • trans-cyclooctene is the smallest trans cyclooctene that has been prepared in pure form and is stable at room temperature • the cis isomer is 38 kJ (9.1 kcal) / mol more stable than the trans isomer • the trans isomer is chiral even though it has no chiral center trans­ Cyclooctene (a pair of enantiomers) 5-18

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  • Slide 18: Cis, Trans Isomerism • trans-cyclooctene is the smallest trans cyclooctene that has been prepared in pure form and is stable at room temperature • the cis isomer is 38 kJ (9.1 kcal) / mol more stable than the trans isomer • the trans isomer is chiral even though it has no chiral center trans­ Cyclooctene (a pair of enantiomers) 5-18

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return

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  • SoundPlay close. mp3 sleep, 300 trans = 255 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans - 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour

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  • Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return

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  • SoundPlay close. mp3 sleep, 300 trans = 255 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans - 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour

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  • Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return

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  • Vagula! coelum et animum mutas quae trans mare_ (i.e. _trans

    Stories of Childhood Various 1885

  • My concern about the use of the word trans is that it is too often used as a prefix, not an adjective.

    Yet another trans 101, in which Helen tells cis people What’s What 2009

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