Thesaurus: transits

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1. n a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod n a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods n a journey usually by ship v make a passage or journey from one place to another v pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) v revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction v cause or enable to pass through