trans vs trans*

trans

adj
  • Transgender (or sometimes transsexual). 

  • In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom. 

  • Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar). 

  • To render (someone) transgender. 

  • To become transgender. 

noun
  • A trans person. 

trans*

adj
  • Non-cisgender; an umbrella term encompassing transgender, transsexual, and often also genderqueer/nonbinary, genderfluid, third-gender, etc. — all gender identities other than cisgender. 

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