Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Transgender.
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- adjective colloquial
Transgender ,transsexual . - adjective chemistry Describing a
double bond in which the greaterradical on both ends is on theopposite side of the bond. - adjective cytology Of the side of the
Golgi apparatus farther from theendoplasmic reticulum . - noun Abbreviation of
transaction .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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
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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
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Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Gui, Show sleep, 10 trans = 0 loop, 255 sleep 0 trans: = trans + 1 winset, transparent, \% trans\%, Power Hour return
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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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
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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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A trans person is not a person whose gender does not “match” their sex; a trans person is quite simply a person who transitions.
Our Reasons | Andrea Long Chu Subscribe 2025
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