transit
noun
- 1
a journey usually by ship
the outward passage took 10 days
- 2
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
- 3
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
verb
- 1
cause or enable to pass through
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
- 2
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
- 3
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
- 4
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
Also useful for “transit”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “transit”