Trans Explained

Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of".

Used alone, trans may refer to:

Transgender, people who identify themselves with a gender that differs from their sex societally designated/assigned at birth
Transsexual, people who seek to transition from their birth-assigned sex to another via therapy and/or surgery

Arts, entertainment, and media

Trans (festival), a former festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Trans (film), a 1998 American film
Trans Corp, an Indonesian business unit of CT Corp in the fields of media, lifestyle, and entertainment
- Trans Media, a media subsidiary of Trans Corp
  - Trans TV, an Indonesian television network
  - Trans7, an Indonesian television network

Literature

, a 2016 book by Rogers Brubaker
, a 2021 book by Helen Joyce

Music

Trans (album), by Neil Young
Trans (Stockhausen), a 1971 orchestral composition

Places

Trans, Mayenne, France, a commune
Trans, Switzerland, a village

Science and technology

Cis-trans isomerism, in chemistry, a form of stereoisomerism
- Trans fat, fats containing trans-isomer fatty acids
Trans effect in inorganic chemistry, the increased lability of ligands that are trans to certain other ligands
Trans-acting in molecular biology, an external factor which acts on a molecule
Trans-lunar injection, propulsive maneuver of a spacecraft towards the Moon
TRANS.COM, an 8080/Z80 to 8088/8086 computer code translator

Other uses

Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (TRANS), Canada
FC Narva Trans, an Estonian football team
SEAT Trans, a van variant of the SEAT Panda

See also