English to English
transit
('tr/&/ns/I/t
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noun (n)
- a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- The act of passing; passage through or over.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make a passage or journey from one place to another(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)(verb.motion)Example:
The comet will transit on September 11.
source: wordnet30 - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- cause or enable to pass through(verb.motion)Example:
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day.
source: wordnet30 - To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).(verb)source: webster1913
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