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

Used alone, trans may refer to:

Sociology

  • Trans, a sociological term which 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

Music

Places

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

See also