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Trains vs Trans - What's the difference?

trains | trans |

As nouns the difference between trains and trans

is that trains is plural of lang=en while trans is abbreviation of lang=en.

As a verb trains

is third-person singular of train.

As an adjective trans is

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.

trains

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (train)
  • Anagrams

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    trans

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ).

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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
  • (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
  • (colloquial) Transgender, transsexual.
  • An umbrella term that refers to all the identities, other then cisgender, that are within the gender identity spectrum.
  • Usage notes
    Compare (m) and its usage notes, particularly with regard to the gender-related sense. Compare and and its usage notes with regards to the umbrella sense.
    Derived terms
    * trans fat * transman / trans man; transwoman / trans woman

    Coordinate terms

    * cis

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

  • Anagrams

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