transit

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Pronunciation
/ˈtɹæn.sɪt/
/ˈtɹæn.sɪt/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of passing over, across, or through something.

2 Definition

The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.

Example Sentences
  • the transit of goods through a country
3 Definition

The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.

4 Definition

A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.

5 Definition

An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.

6 Definition

A Ford Transit van, see Transit.

Example Sentences
  • Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel.
7 Definition

Public transport system.

Example Sentences
  • I always take the transit to work.
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To pass over, across or through something.

2 Definition

To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.

3 Definition

To make a transit.

4 Definition

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.