Dictionary Check: transit
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Definition
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
noun
a journey usually by ship
Example:
"the outward passage took 10 days"
verb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
Example:
"The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs"
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)
Example:
"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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