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transit
/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
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What does transit mean?
noun
- The act of passing over, across, or through something.
- The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
- Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit
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noun
- The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
- The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart.
- A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
- An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
- A Ford Transit van, see Transit.
- A Ford Transit van.
verb
- To pass over, across or through something.
- To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
- To use public transit.
- To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
- To make a transit.
- To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
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See this word in context.
It was as if a martyr, a hero, had passed a slave or victim, and imparted strength in the transit.
Its pivot had been destroyed in transit and Correll had replaced it by a gramophone needle, which was found too insensitive.
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It is quite possible that recent "large strides" towards a more speedy transit across the Atlantic may have been made "in the dark."
When it was about time for the sun's limb to begin its transit of the wires, the cadet took position to observe it.
When plants are both fine and genuine they can still be spoiled, or, at least, injured in transit from the ground where they grew.