Cis
WordNet
noun
(1) An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, presumably from either and and translingual or translingual , , and .
Noun
- The function .
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Adjective
- Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
- (properly cis-) Describing a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.