Transit - Definition

n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and
vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on
a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit]
2: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: transportation
system, transportation, transit]
3: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
[syn: passage, transit]
v 1: 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" [syn:
transit, pass through, move through, pass across,
pass over]
2: 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"
3: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its
horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
4: cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit
hundreds of ships every day"