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▸ noun: a journey usually by ship
▸ noun: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
▸ noun: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
▸ verb: cause or enable to pass through ("The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day")
▸ verb: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: make a passage or journey from one place to another
▸ Also see transits
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▸ noun: a journey usually by ship
▸ noun: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
▸ noun: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
▸ verb: cause or enable to pass through ("The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day")
▸ verb: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: make a passage or journey from one place to another
▸ Also see transits
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to transit
▸ Usage examples for transit
▸ Idioms related to transit (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing transit
▸ Words that often appear near transit
▸ Rhymes of transit
▸ Invented words related to transit