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Transit   /trˈænzɪt/   Listen
Transit

noun
1.
A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.  Synonym: theodolite.
2.
A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.  Synonyms: transportation, transportation system.
3.
A journey usually by ship.  Synonym: passage.
verb
1.
Make a passage or journey from one place to another.  Synonyms: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through.  "Some travelers pass through the desert"
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).
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.



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"Transit" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the banks of a broad and swollen river,—the Save,—with no means of transit save a dismantled bridge, so sorely shattered by the flood, that it was an even question whether our vehicle might not, like the last straw on the dromedary's ...
— Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber - Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge • James Aitken Wylie
... marquis contemplated simply human agency as the aid to apply his portable powder-machine, it must be admitted that he had at least contemplated a more effective diving bell than any known to modern times. Submarine transit was indeed a subject to which he had ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... bear comparison with the tunnels, bridges, and snow sheds of the Union Pacific, nor do even these compare with the vast undertakings in the Alps—three great tunnels of nine to eleven miles in length, which have been prepared for the transit of travelers and freight. The requirements of business necessitated the piercing of the Alps, and as soon as the necessity was shown, funds in abundance were ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 • Various
... book is taken out and put on the table. In transit it has tried to eat its way through a pair of tramping-boots, with the result that one corner and the first twenty pages have become dog-eared, but that won't interfere ...
— Love Conquers All • Robert C. Benchley
... Fritz Yandell—he told me he fished him a compass and transit out'n the river after them Governmint Yellow-Legs wrecked on Butcher's Bar." The speaker added cheerfully: "Since the Whites come into the country I reckon all told you could count the boats that's got through without trouble ...
— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart


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