Understanding the meaning of transit

transit

/'trænsɪt/

noun
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
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transportation transportation system

type of:
facility installation

part of:
infrastructure base
verb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
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move through pass across pass over pass through

type of:
pass
noun
a journey usually by ship
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passage

type of:
journey journeying
noun
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
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theodolite

type of:
surveyor's instrument surveying instrument
verb
cause or enable to pass through
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"The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"

type of:
bring convey take
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)
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"The comet will transit on September 11"

type of:
pass
verb
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
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type of:
revolve roll

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