Definition of transit Transit

/tɹæˈnzɪt/ - [tranzit] - trans•it

We found 26 definitions of transit from 7 different sources.

What does transit mean?

WordNet

Verb transits, transitting, transat
transit - make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert"
		pass through, move through, pass across, pass over
		go across, go through, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
		move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution"
		convey, bring, take make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me"
transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
		revolve, roll turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
transit - 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"
		go across, go through, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

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Wiktionary

transit (Noun)
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
transit (Noun)
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
transit (Noun)
The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
transit (Noun)
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
transit (Noun)
An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, then navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
transit (Noun)
A Ford Transit van.
transit (Noun)
To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
transit (Verb)
To pass over, across or through something.
transit (Verb)
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
transit (Verb)
To make a transit.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

transit (n.)
The act of passing; passage through or over.
transit (n.)
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
transit (n.)
A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.
transit (n.)
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
transit (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.
transit (n.)
An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
transit (v. t.)
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

transit
The passage of a celestial body between an observer and a larger celestial body such as a star.
transit
To pass over, across or through something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

transit
tran′sit, n. a passing over: conveyance: (astron.) the passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place: the passage of a planet over the sun's disc: a transit circle, or instrument, for observing the transit of a heavenly body across the meridian.—ns. Trans′it-dū′ty, a duty chargeable on goods passing through a country; Trans′it-in′strument, an astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east and west axis; Transi′tion, passage from one place or state to another: change: (mus.) a change of key.—adjs. Transi′tional, Transi′tionary, containing or denoting transition: of intermediate character between species or genera, transmutational: characteristic of one epoch or style in its transition to another.—adv. Transi′tionally.—adj. Trans′itive, passing over: having the power of passing: (gram.) denoting a verb which has a direct object.—adv. Trans′itively.—n. Trans′itiveness.—adv. Trans′itorily.—n. Trans′itoriness.—adj. Trans′itory, going or passing away: lasting for a short time: speedily vanishing.—n. Trans′it-trade, the trade of carrying foreign goods through a country

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

transit
The precise culmination of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place.

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transit, verb, present, 1st person singular of transit (infinitive).
transit, verb (infinitive).
transit, noun, singular of transits.

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