EGAVE

trans

About 28.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective 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.
  2. adjective In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.
    The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.
  3. adjective Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
  4. adjective Transgender or transsexual.
  5. adjective Alternative form of trans*.
  6. noun A trans person.
  7. verb To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).
  8. verb To render (someone) transgender.
    Doctors accused of transing kids.

Similar words

crosswise isomerism isomerization isomerisation photoisomerization isomerase retinol retinene retinal legge

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