transit

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Noun
1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
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2. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
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3. a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
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Verb
1. make a passage or journey from one place to another
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2. 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"
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3. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
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4. cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
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