Definitions of Transit [ˈtræn sɪt, -zɪt]

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Definition of 'Transit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) transit
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.

2.  transit
conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods.

3.  transit
a means or system of local public transportation, esp. in an urban area.

4.  transit
a transition or change.

5.  transit
Astron.

6.  transit
the passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location or through the field of a telescope.

7.  transit
the passage of Mercury or Venus across the disk of the sun, or of a satellite or its shadow across the face of its primary.

8.  transit
Astrol. the passage of a planet in aspect to another planet or a specific point in a horoscope.

9.  transit
a surveyor's instrument, as a theodolite, having a telescope that can be transited, used for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles.

10. (v.t.) transit
to pass across or through.

11.  transit
to turn (the telescope of a surveyor's transit) in a vertical plane in order to reverse direction.

12.  transit
Astron. to cross (a meridian, celestial body, etc.).

13. (v.i.) transit
to pass over or through something.

14.  transit
Astron. to make a transit across a meridian, celestial body, etc.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L trānsitus going across, passage =trānsi-, var. s. of trānsīre to go across (trāns-trans - +-īre to go) +-tus suffix of v. action)

Definition of 'Transit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) theodolite, transit
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

2. (noun) transportation system, transportation, transit
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

3. (verb) passage, transit
a journey usually by ship
"the outward passage took 10 days"

4. (verb) transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over
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"

5. (verb) transit
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"

6. (verb) transit
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

7. (verb) transit
cause or enable to pass through
"The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"

Definition of 'Transit'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) transit
the transportation of people or things
a package that got lost in transit

Definition of 'Transit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Transit
the act of passing; passage through or over

2. (noun) Transit
the act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country

3. (noun) Transit
a line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit

4. (noun) Transit
the passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope

5. (noun) Transit
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

6. (noun) Transit
an instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit

7. (verb) Transit
to pass over the disk of (a heavenly body)

Translation of 'Transit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the carrying or movement of goods, passengers etc from place to place The goods have been lost in transit.
Afrikaans: vervoer	Arabic: مُرور، إنْتِقال	Bulgarian: превоз
Brazilian: trânsito	Czech: přeprava	German: der Transport
Danish: transit	Greek: μεταφορά, διαμετακόμιση	Spanish: tránsito, paso, viaje
Estonian: -vedu, transiit	Farsi: ترانزیت؛ حمل	Finnish: kuljetus
French: transit	Hebrew: לְהַעֲבִיר	Hindi: पारगमन
Croatian: tranzit, prijelaz	Hungarian: tranzit	Indonesian: pemindahan
Icelandic: flutningur	Italian: trasporto	Japanese: 輸送
Korean: ��송	Lithuanian: pervežimas, tranzitas	Latvian: tranzīts; pārvadājumi
Malay: pengangkutan	Dutch: vervoer	Norwegian: gjennomreise, transitt, t
Polish: przewóz, tranzyt	Persian: ترانزیت؛ حمل	Pashto: لیږدول، ټرانزیت
Portuguese: trânsito	Romanian: transport	Russian: перевозка
Slovak: preprava	Slovenian: prevoz	Serbian: tranzit
Swedish: transport, befordran	Thai: การเดินทางผ่าน	Turkish: taşıma, nakliye
Taiwanese: 運輸，運送	Ukrainian: перевезення; транзит	Urdu: نقل و حمل
Vietnamese: quá cảnh	Chinese: 运输，运送
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