Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of". Used alone, trans may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Trans (festival) trans was an annual, non-commercial arts festival held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, linked with the Urban Arts Academy and organised by the Belfast Waterfront Hall Belfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, i ...

, a former festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom * ''Trans'' (film), a 1998 American film * Trans Corp, an Indonesian business unit of

CT Corp CT Corp (formerly known as Para Group) is one of Indonesia's largest diversified group of companies. The group was founded by Chairul Tanjung in 1987. CT Corp operates consumer-centric businesses nationwide across four key divisions: financial s ...

in the fields of media, lifestyle, and entertainment **

Trans Media PT Trans Media Corpora is an Indonesian media corporation that is a subsidiary of Trans Corp, a part of CT Corp, owned by Chairul Tanjung. Trans Media was initially founded as a subsidiary of Trans Corp, a liaison between the television network ...

, a media subsidiary of Trans Corp ***

Trans TV Trans TV is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in South Jakarta that was launched on December 15, 2001 and owned by Chairul Tanjung. Programming consists of newscasts, movies, drama series, variety shows, quiz shows, and childre ...

, an Indonesian television network ***

Trans7 Trans7 (pronounced ''Trans Tujuh'' in Indonesian, formerly known as TV7) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network owned by Trans Media, a part of Trans Corp, which in turn a subsidiary of CT Corp. For the first time, Trans7 was the officia ...

, an Indonesian television network

Literature

* '' Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities'', a 2016 book by Rogers Brubaker * '' Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality'', 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 Trans is a village in the municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Trans merged with Feldis/Veulden, Scheid and Tumegl/Tomils to form the municipality of Tomils.< ...

, a village

Science and technology

Trans effect In inorganic chemistry, the trans effect is the increased lability of ligands that are trans to certain other ligands, which can thus be regarded as trans-directing ligands. It is attributed to electronic effects and it is most notable in square pla ...

in inorganic chemistry, the increased lability of ligands that are trans to certain other ligands *

Trans-acting In the field of molecular biology, ''trans''-acting (''trans''-regulatory, ''trans''-regulation), in general, means "acting from a different molecule" (''i.e.'', intermolecular). It may be considered the opposite of ''cis''-acting (''cis''-regula ...

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 * Cis-trans isomerism, in chemistry, a form of stereoisomerism **

Trans fat Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that naturally occurs in small amounts in meat and milk fat. It became widely produced as an unintentional byproduct in the industrial pr ...

, fats containing trans-isomer fatty acids

Sociology

* Trans, a sociological term which may refer to: **

Transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...

, people who identify themselves with a gender that differs from their biological sex **

Transsexual Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including sex reassignmen ...

, people who seek to transition from their birth-assigned sex to another via therapy and/or surgery

Other uses

Transition House Association of Nova Scotia The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (abbreviated THANS) is a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based organisation that runs women's shelters. THANS was founded in 1989. THANS organises an annual purple ribbon awareness campaign in me ...

(TRANS), Canada *

FC Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian association football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm St ...

, an Estonian football team