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cis
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Princeton's WordNet
Commonwealth of Independent States, CISnoun
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Wiktionary
cisadjective
Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
cisadjective
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
cisadjective
(properly cis-) Describing a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
cisadjective
Cisgender or cissexual: not trans (transgender or transsexual).
Etymology: From cis.
ChatGPT
cis
"Cis" is a Latin derived prefix used in various fields which generally means "on the same side as" or "on this side of". 1) In Chemistry: It is used to describe certain arrangements of atoms in molecules. It indicates that the functional groups are on the same side of the molecule. 2) In Gender Studies: It is used as a term for people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. "Cisgender" is often used in contrast to "transgender". 3) In Geography: It refers to locations on the 'near' side of a geographic divide. The usage of "cis" widely varies depending on the context or field it is utilized in.
Wikidata
CIS
CIS was a rugby union side that played matches during 1991 and 1992. The side consisted of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The team played four matches, losing all four fixtures. Two matches were played in Moscow, with the other two games being played at away venues. Due to various circumstances, the CIS did not qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
CIS
Hackerism for ‘CIS’, CompuServe Information Service. The dollar sign refers to CompuServe's rather steep line charges. Often used in sig blocks just before a CompuServe address. Syn. Compu$erve.
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CIS
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Anagrams for cis »
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ICS
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of cis in a Sentence
I thought she would probably cry and scream when her CIs were activated—and she did do that later when it became overwhelming—but to see her hearing sound and enjoying it was just incredible.
The company claims that it will ramp up production to completely substitute imports within an year, thus, imposition of trade barriers (both Iran import tariffs and U.S. sanctions), alongside fresh domestic production in Iran, is likely to result in a sharp reduction in HR coil imports from the CIS nations.
We are talking about hundreds of militants there, thousands when it comes to CIS countries. This is a real threat to us. How and where will they head ? we need to understand this and mobilize the resources of our special services to cut short this emerging new threat.
For the Olympic level, the elite level, I'd say probably two years is more realistic than one year, at one year, the trans women on average still have an advantage over the cis women.
Queer, trans, and cis people are all socialized from a very young age to make all of the same assumptions about themselves and others, and it's almost impossible not to internalize and project those assumptions on others to some extent, because of that, it makes sense that queer and transgender and gender non-conforming people worry about people reading us the wrong way, because of how the majority often incorrectly reads our gender, or makes other assumptions based on the way our bodies are perceived.
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