TS

TS

1. (metrology) Symbol for terasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10¹² siemens.

TS (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
   • 1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26:

     To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]

   • 2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179:

     Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.

   • 2007, Red Jordan Arobateau, Lamentations In The Cool Of The Evening, →ISBN, page 141:

     Many young TS ladies don't just need plastic surgery, […]

2. Initialism of top secret.

   Coordinate terms: TSSCI, SCI

TS (countable and uncountable, plural TSs or TSes)

1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
2. Abbreviation of transcript.
3. (colloquial) Initialism of tough shit.
   • 1991, Jeff Martin, Three Men and a Comic Book (episode of The Simpsons TV series)

     BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything.
     HOMER: Well, T.S.

4. (meteorology) Initialism of tropical storm.
5. (in ISO standards) Initialism of technical standard.
6. Initialism of technical specification.
7. (neurology) Initialism of Tourette syndrome.
   • 1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247:

     One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]

   • 2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment, →ISBN, page 237:

     We report (1) […] ; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]

8. (pathology) Initialism of Turner syndrome.
9. (nautical) Initialism of turbine ship, a ship powered by a gas turbine or steam turbine engine.
10. (surveying) Initialism of total station.
11. Initialism of telesync.

TS

1. Abbreviation of Telangana, a state of India.

   Synonym: TG

2. Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon.
   • 1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98:

     […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage.
     […]
     The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker -an (HG -in) is attached.

3. Initialism of Taylor Swift.

• -st, S&T, S.T., ST, St, St., s.t., st

Probably from English transsexual.

TS(ティーエス) • (tī-esu) 

1. (fiction) genderswap; genderbend; sex change

TS(ティーエス)する • (tī-esu suru) suru (stem TS(ティーエス)し (tī-esu shi), past TS(ティーエス)した (tī-esu shita))

1. (fiction) to undergo a genderswap, genderbend, or sex change

   美少女(びしょうじょ)にT(ティー)S(エス)したい。

   Bishōjo ni tī-esu shitai.

   I wish I could be a pretty girl.

• T(ティー)S(エス)F(エフ) (tī-esu-efu): genderswapping fiction

• 性(せい)転(てん)換(かん) (seitenkan)
• 女(にょ)体(たい)化(か) (nyotaika), 男(なん)体(たい)化(か) (nantaika)
• 女(じょ)装(そう) (josō), 男(だん)装(そう) (dansō)
• 男(おとこ)の娘(こ) (otoko no ko)

TS f

1. Abbreviation of Tėvynės Sąjunga.

• ts

Initialism of trådstartare, from tråd (“thread”) +‎ startare (“starter”).

TS c

1. (Internet) the person who started a thread on an internet forum; the original poster, the OP

Common on the internet forum Flashback.

TS

1. Abbreviation of tiến sĩ.