Definition of cis Cis
We found 6 definitions of cis from 3 different sources.
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What does cis mean?
WordNet
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| cis - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 | ||
| Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS | ||
| global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization an international alliance involving many different countries | ||
| russian federation, russia a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 | ||
| belarus, belorussia, byelarus, byelorussia, republic of belarus, white russia a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet | ||
| moldavia, moldova, republic of moldova a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 | ||
| ukraine, ukrayina a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century | ||
| armenia, hayastan, republic of armenia a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors | ||
| azerbaijan, azerbaijani republic, azerbajdzhan, azerbajdzhan republic a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet | ||
| sakartvelo, georgia a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991 | ||
| kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, kazak, kazakh a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 | ||
| kirghizia, kirghizstan, kirgizia, kirgizstan, kyrgyz republic, kyrgyzstan, kirghiz, kirgiz a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991 | ||
| republic of tajikistan, tadjik, tadzhikistan, tajikistan, tadzhik, tajik a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet | ||
| turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmen a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cis (Adjective)
Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair. - cis (Adjective)
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum . - cis (Adjective)
Properly cis- Describing a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond. - cis (Adjective)
Cisgender or cissexual: not trans transgender or transsexual.
Part of speech
🔤- cis, noun, singular of cises.
