trans

Definitions


[tranz], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex registered for them at birth; transgender
(e.g: the film plays into negative stereotypes about trans people)


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Origin:
1970s: short for transsexual or transgender


[trɑːnz], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- denoting or relating to a molecular structure in which two particular atoms or groups lie on opposite sides of a given plane in the molecule, in particular denoting an isomer in which substituents at opposite ends of a carbon–carbon double bond are also on opposite sides of the bond
(e.g: the trans isomer of stilbene)


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Origin:
independent usage of trans-




definition by Oxford Dictionaries