trans-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trans- /trans, trɑːns, -nz/
▶prefix
- 1 across; beyond: transcontinental.
■ on or to the other side of: transatlantic.
- 2 through: transonic.
■ into another state or place: translate.
■ transcending: transfinite.
- 3 Chemistry (usu. trans-) denoting molecules in which two particular atoms or groups lie on opposite sides of a given plane, especially denoting an isomer in which substituents at opposite ends of a carbon–carbon double bond are also on opposite sides of the bond: trans-1,2-dichloroethene.
– origin from L. trans ‘across’.
'trans-' also found in these Oxford entries:
cistron
- tamoxifen
- tradition
- transalpine
- transcend
- transcribe
- transect
- transept
- trans-fat
- trans-fatty acid
- transfect
- transfer
- transferrin
- transfigure
- transform
- transgenic
- tranship
- transhumance
- transliterate
- transmarine
- transmigrate
- transmission
- transmit
- transmute
- transonic
- trans-Pacific
- transpire
- transplant
- transpontine
- transpose
- trans-ship
- trans-sonic
- transude
- transvestite
- trespass
