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Transit

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Definitions for Transit

noun
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
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noun
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Synonyms
transportation system transportation
noun
a journey usually by ship
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Examples
  1. the outward passage took 10 days
verb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
Synonyms
pass through move through pass across pass over
Examples
  1. The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
  2. Some travelers pass through the desert
verb
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
Examples
  1. The comet will transit on September 11
verb
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
verb
cause or enable to pass through
Examples
  1. The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day

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