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Definition of: trans
1. Across; beyond; through; on the other side of; as in:
| transarctic | transequatorial |
| transborder | transfrontier |
| transchannel | transisthmian |
| transdesert | transpolar |
In adjectives and nouns of place, the prefix may signify “on the other side of” (opposed to cis–) or “across; crossing.” Through long usage, certain of these are written as solid words, as transalpine, transatlantic; otherwise, words in this class, unless by contrary official usage, are properly written with a hyphen, as in:
| trans–American | trans– Germanic |
| trans–Andean | trans–Himalayan |
| trans–Arabian | trans–Iberian |
| trans–Baltic | trans–Mediterranean |
| trans–Canadian | trans–Siberian |
2. Through and through; changing completely; as in:
| transcolor | transfashion |
3. Surpassing; transcending; beyond; as in:
| transconscious | transmundane |
| transempirical | transnational |
| transhuman | transphysical |
| transmaterial | transrational |
| transmental |
4. Anat. Across; transversely; as in:
| transcortical | transocular |
| transduodenal | transthoracic |
| transfrontal | transuterine |
[<L <trans across, beyond, over]
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