Trans

From Latin trāns ("on the other side of"). The gender-related sense is a or of transgender (from Latin trāns).

Full definition of trans

Adjective

1. (chemistry) 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.the trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands
2. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
3. (colloquial) Transgender, transsexual.

Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes, particularly with regard to the gender-related sense.

Derived terms

• trans fat
• (transgender, transsexual) transman
  trans man; transwoman
  trans woman

Related terms

• transgender
• transsexual
• transvestite

Coordinate terms

• cis

Abbreviation.

Noun