Definitions
noun
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
verb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
noun
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
verb
cause or enable to pass through
“The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day”
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
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
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