(trans, träns) noun
1. A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body; an ecstasy; rapture.
2. Psychol. A condition between sleep and waking characterized by dissociation, involuntary movements, and automatisms of behavior, as in hypnosis and mediumistic seances.
3. A dreamlike state marked by bewilderment and an insensibility to ordinary surroundings.
4. A state of deep abstraction. See synonyms under DREAM.
—v.t. tranced, tranc·ing To entrance, usually in a figurative sense; enchant. [<OF transe passage, dread of coming evil <transir pass, die, benumb <L transire. See TRANSIENT.]

(trans, träns) noun Scot.
A passage or hallway; an alley, courtyard, or close.