Transit - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtrænzɪt|
Brit.
|ˈtrænsɪt|
noun
- a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod (syn: theodolite)
- a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (syn: transportation)
- a journey usually by ship (syn: passage)
- a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (syn: transportation)
- a journey usually by ship (syn: passage)
verb
- make a passage or journey from one place to another (syn: pass over, pass through)
- pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
- cause or enable to pass through
- 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
- revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction- cause or enable to pass through
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
Extra examples
...once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier...
The goods were damaged in transit.
In 1994 they transited the Panama Canal.
The comet will transit on September 11
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
...among his other administrative duties is the appointment of transit authority officials...
The city is increasing subsidies for public transit.
The planes were in transit from their home base, RAF Coningsby.
We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
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