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Trans vs Ran - What's the difference?

trans | ran |

As nouns the difference between trans and ran

is that trans is while ran is a robbery (act or practice of robbing).

As an adjective trans

is (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.

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
    Related terms
    * transgender * transsexual * transvestite

    Coordinate terms

    * cis

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    • Anagrams

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    ran

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (run)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) ran

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Open robbery.
    • (Lambarde)
    (Webster 1913)

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