transit

n. passage, crossing, transition, transportation, conveyance

Transit commonly refers to:Public transport, transportation systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehiclesAstronomical transit, when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage pointNavigational transit, when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in lineTransit, a specialized type of Theodolite used in surveying.
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Noun
1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
(synonym) theodolite
(hypernym) surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
(hyponym) tachymeter, tacheometer
(part-meronym) alidade, alidad
2. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
(synonym) transportation system, transportation
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) air transportation system
(part-holonym) infrastructure, base
(part-meronym) airfield, landing field, flying field, field
3. a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
(synonym) passage
(hypernym) journey, journeying
(hyponym) lockage
(derivation) pass through, pass across, pass over
Verb
1. make a passage or journey from one place to another
(synonym) pass through, pass across, pass over
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(hyponym) cut
(derivation) passage
2. 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"
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
3. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
(hypernym) roll, revolve
(derivation) theodolite
4. cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
(hypernym) bring, convey, take
(verb-group) pass through, pass across, pass over
(derivation) transportation system, transportation

n. transit, passage, transition, transportation, conveyance, crossing

n. transit, passage, transition, transportation