transit

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of passing; passage through or over.

2. 2noun

   The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.

3. 3noun

   A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.

4. 4noun

   The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.

5. 5noun

   The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.

6. 6noun

   An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.

7. 7transitive verb

   To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

8. 8noun

   a journey usually by ship

   "the outward passage took 10 days"

   Synonyms

   passage
9. 9noun

   a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

   Synonyms

   theodolite
10. 10noun

    a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

    Synonyms

    transportation
11. 11verb

    cause or enable to pass through

    "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"

12. 12verb

    revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

13. 13verb

    pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

    "The comet will transit on September 11"

14. 14verb

    make a passage or journey from one place to another "Some travelers pass through the desert"

    "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"