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trans

/tɹænz/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or something in that vein).
  2. 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.
  3. Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
  4. (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
  5. Transgender (or sometimes transsexual).
  6. Non-cisgender; an umbrella term encompassing transgender, transsexual, and often also genderqueer/nonbinary, genderfluid, third-gender, etc — all gender identities other than cisgender.
  7. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
  8. A deal or business agreement.
  9. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  10. The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
  11. An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
  12. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
  13. The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
  14. The fact of being transmitted.
  15. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
  16. The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
  17. An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
  18. The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
  19. (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
  20. The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
  21. The fact of being transmitted.
  22. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
  23. The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
  24. An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
  25. The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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