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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



... lately been much improved, as several gentlemen of the island have taken up their residence at the New House. In the vicinity of Longwood are many beautiful and romantic scenes. About a mile from thence is Halley's Mount, from which that great astronomer observed the transit of Venus. It is but too true that Napoleon's parlour is now occupied by ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 19, - Issue 553, June 23, 1832 • Various
... intents and purposes, and notwithstanding the functions of the Governor-General and the unity flowing from the control of the British Crown—these Provinces, isolated for want of the means of rapid transit, were countries as separate in every relation of business, or of the associations of life, as Belgium and Holland, or Switzerland and Italy. The associations of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were far more intimate with the United States than with Canada; ...
— Canada and the States • Edward William Watkin
... bright surveyor already," Tom declared. "He has been keeping mum about it, but Harry can go out into the country with a transit and run up the field notes for a map about as handily as the next ...
— The High School Boys' Training Hike • H. Irving Hancock
... made himself presentable and knocked at Angela's door. He found her clad for the journey, and several bags ready for transit. He thought, too, she seemed delighted at the prospects—delighted when his heart ...
— Colorado Jim • George Goodchild
... in her sitting-room with Old Jimmie and Miss Grierson—and of that dinner, mediocre and sloppy, and chilled by its transit of twelve stories from the kitchen, Miss Grierson, by way of an introductory lesson, made an august function, almost diagrammatic in its educational details. After the dinner, with Miss Grierson's slow and formal aid, which ...
— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott


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