transit

1. n. The act of passing; passage through or over. Source: opted

2. n. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country. Source: opted

3. n. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit. Source: opted

4. n. The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

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

7. v. t. To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body). Source: opted

8. n. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod Source: wordnet

9. n. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods Source: wordnet

10. n. a journey usually by ship Source: wordnet

11. v. make a passage or journey from one place to another Source: wordnet

12. 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) Source: wordnet

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