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 A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

, people who identify themselves with a gender that differs from their sex societally designated/assigned at birth **

Transsexual A transsexual person is someone who experiences a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desires to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (incl ...

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

Trans* ''Trans*'' is a neologism and conceptual term that refers to a deliberately open-ended cluster of meanings, often used to describe gender-expansive identities, ontological frameworks, and critiques of hegemonic gender systems. The asterisk denote ...

, a broader term for identities including transgender and transsexual

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Trans (festival), a former festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom * Trans (1982 film), a Venezuelan short documentary film * ''Trans'' (1998 film), an 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 conglomerates. The group was founded by Chairul Tanjung in 1987. CT Corp operates consumer-centric businesses nationwide across four key industries: financial ser ...

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 netwo ...

, a media subsidiary of Trans Corp ***

Trans TV PT Televisi Transformasi Indonesia, commonly known as Trans TV, is an Indonesian Terrestrial television, free-to-air television broadcaster based in South Jakarta that was launched on December 15, 2001, and is owned by Chairul Tanjung. Programm ...

, an Indonesian television network ***

Trans7 PT Duta Visual Nusantara Tivi Tujuh (previously PT Duta Visual Nusantara), operating as Trans7 or TRANS7 in all caps (stylized TRɅNS, 7, pronounced ''Trans Tujuh'' in Indonesian, formerly known as TV7) is an Indonesian free-to-air television b ...

, 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 composition), a 1971 orchestral composition *

Trans (Saariaho composition) ''Trans'' is a harp concerto written in 2015 by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The work was commissioned by the Suntory Foundation for Arts, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zür ...

, a 2015 harp concerto by Kaija Saariaho

Places

Trans, Mayenne Trans is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Mayenne department The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following ...

, 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

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

Trans fat Trans fat is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods. Small amounts of trans fats occur naturally, but large amounts are found in some processed foods made with partially hydrogenated oils. Because consumption of trans fats is associated ...

, fats containing trans-isomer fatty acids *

Trans effect In inorganic chemistry, the trans effect is the increased Lability#Chemistry, lability of ligands that are Cis-trans isomerism#Inorganic coordination complexes, trans to certain other ligands, which can thus be regarded as trans-directing ligands. ...

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 A trans-lunar injection (TLI) is a propulsive maneuver, which is used to send a spacecraft to the Moon. Typical lunar transfer trajectories approximate Hohmann transfers, although low-energy transfers have also been used in some cases, as with ...

, 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 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 Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or simply Trans, is an Estonian professional football club based in Narva that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. Although the club's traditional home gro ...

, an Estonian football team *

SEAT Trans The SEAT Marbella (codenamed ''141A'') was a badge-engineered Fiat Panda produced by SEAT from 1980 to 1986 (initially called the SEAT Panda), in the company's Landaben plant in the Spanish city of Pamplona (from February 1980 until 29 April 1983 ...

, a van variant of the SEAT Panda