Cis in Scrabble Dictionary

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CIS 5

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Definitions and meaning of cis

cis

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation, presumably from either English cosine and sine and the number i or translingual cos, i, and sin.

Symbol

cis

1. (mathematics) The function ${\displaystyle \mathrm {cis} (x)=\cos x+i\sin x}$.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: sis

Etymology 1

From Latin cis (“on the same side”).

Adjective

cis (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
2. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
3. (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
   • 1984, American Chemical Society. Division of Polymer Chemistry, Papers Presented at the ... Meeting

     9 is thought to survive longer when the CH = CH bond is cis and to favour the formation of another cis double bond in a propagation reaction involving its displacement by monomer. 10, on the other hand, is more likely to yield a trans double bond […]

   • 2007, Vickie A. Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian, Essentials of Food Science, Springer Science & Business Media (→ISBN), page 277:

     However, a cis double bond causes a kink in the chain. (A cis double bond introduces a bend of about 42 into the linear hydrocarbon chain.)

   • 2015, William P Edwards, The Science of Bakery Products, Royal Society of Chemistry (→ISBN), page 26:

     A cis double bond is one where the hydrogen atoms are both on the same side. In contrast, a trans double bond has them on the opposite side.

4. (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.

Antonyms

• trans

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

A clipping of cisgender or of cissexual (from Latin cis).

Adjective

cis (not comparable)

1. Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) or non-binary.

Usage notes

Compare cis- and its usage notes.

Antonyms

• trans

Derived terms

• cistem, cister

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -ics, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, SIC, Sci., sci, sci., sic

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Czech

Noun

cis

1. C-sharp

Further reading

• cis in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido cis, from Latin cis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sis/
• Hyphenation: cis

Preposition

cis

1. (unofficial) on this side of
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cis.

   Synonyms: ĉi-flanke de, maltrans

   Antonym: trans

See also

• apud (“beside”)

References

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Finnish

Etymology

From German Cis (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsis/, [ˈs̠is̠]

Noun

cis

1. (music) C-sharp

Usage notes

• Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
• In speech, the declension is often: cissän, cissää, simiar to ässä.

Declension

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sis/

Preposition

cis

1. on this side of (anything)

Antonyms

• trans (“on the other side of, beyond, across”)

Derived terms

• cisa (“hither (on this side)”)
• cise (“(on) this side”)
• cisalpa (“cisalpine”)
• cis-

Descendants

• Esperanto: cis

Noun

cis (uncountable)

1. C sharp

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ces (“basket, hamper, pannier; bee-hive, skep; causeway of hurdles”), from Old Norse kesja, Latin cista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɪʃ]

Noun 1

cis f (genitive singular cise, nominative plural ciseanna)

1. wicker container; basket, crate
2. plaited or crossed twigs as support for causeway

Alternative forms

• ceas f

Noun 2

cis f (genitive singular cise)

1. restraint; (golf) handicap

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• ciseadóireacht f (“wicker-work; basketry”)

Verb

cis (present analytic ciseann, future analytic cisfidh, verbal noun ciseadh, past participle ciste) (transitive, intransitive)

1. stand, place one's weight (ar (“on”))
2. restrain
3. (sports) handicap

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• cisigh

Derived terms

• cisí m (“handicapper”)

Mutation

References

• "cis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ces”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Italian

Adjective

cis (invariable)

1. cis

Anagrams

• -isc-, ics, sci

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”). Cognate with ce-dō, hi-c, ec-ce, Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”), Old Irish cē (“here”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 (himma, “to this”). More at he, here.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kis/, [kɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃis/, [t͡ʃis]

Preposition

cis (+ accusative)

1. on or to this or the near side of; short of
2. before

Antonyms

• uls

Derived terms

• citer

References

• cis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Middle English

Adjective

cis

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of chis

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Old English

Etymology

Unknown; probably related to ċēosan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːs/

Adjective

ċīs

1. fussy (in eating)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: chis, chys, chyse

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “cīs”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, OCLC 213811593.

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Polish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tisъ, from Proto-Indo-European *taḱs-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕis/

Noun

cis m inan

1. yew
2. (singular only) wood of the yew

Declension

Note: genitive singular form "cisa" can be used only for sense #1.

Derived terms

• (adjective) cisowy
• (noun) cisina

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //t͡sis//

Noun

cis n

1. C sharp

Further reading

• cis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org

• having atoms on the same side of the molecule.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)