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Transit   /trˈænzɪt/   Listen
noun
Transit  n.  
1.
The act of passing; passage through or over. "In France you are now... in the transit from one form of government to another."
2.
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
3.
A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.
4.
(Astron.)
(a)
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
(b)
The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.
5.
An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit. Note: The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned completely over about the axis.
Lower transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is below the polar axis.
Surveyor's transit. See Transit, 5, above.
Transit circle (Astron.), a transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of transit and the declination at one observation. See Circle, n., 3.
Transit compass. See Transit, 5, above.
Transit duty, a duty paid on goods that pass through a country.
Transit instrument. (Astron.)
(a)
A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal axis, on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian, used in connection with a clock for observing the time of transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place.
(b)
(Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See Transit, 5, above.
Transit trade (Com.), the business conected with the passage of goods through a country to their destination.
Upper transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is above the polar axis.


verb
Transit  v. t.  (Astron.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).





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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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