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noun

the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.

conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, especially, local public transportation: city transit. Compare mass transit.

a transition or change.

Astronomy.

the passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location or through the field of a telescope.

the passage of Mercury or Venus across the disk of the sun, or of a satellite or its shadow across the face of its primary.

meridian circle.

Astrology. the passage of a planet in aspect to another planet or a specific point in a horoscope.

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Surveying.

Also called transit instrument. an instrument, as a theodolite, having a telescope that can be transited, used for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles.

a repeating transit theodolite.

(initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of satellites for providing positional data to ships and aircraft.

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verb (used with object)

to pass across or through.

Surveying. to turn (the telescope of a transit) in a vertical plane in order to reverse direction; plunge.

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Astronomy. to cross (a meridian, celestial body, etc.).

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the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor

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verb (used without object)

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to pass over or through something; make a transit.

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Astronomy. to make a transit across a meridian, celestial body, etc.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (noun and v.) < Latin trānsitus a going across, passage, equivalent to trānsi-, variant stem of trānsīre to cross (trāns- trans- + -īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action

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Let's say there's a public transit line near your house.

We made arrangements with the local transit company to run extra shuttle buses from the center of town to the campus.

Transit sparked competing efforts to develop an even better navigational system.

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Let's say there's a public transit line near your house.

We made arrangements with the local transit company to run extra shuttle buses from the center of town to the campus.

Transit sparked competing efforts to develop an even better navigational system.

Their destinations are close enough to walk to, and enough people are going to the same places to make public transit practical.

If we're going to remake our transit system for greater efficiency, let's get some serious savings.

Preventing crime from entering a transit system is possible.

Or perhaps you live in a large metro area with untenable traffic and unreliable transit.

Transit times became shorter and more predictable, attracting container lines.

Governments and industry clear-cut forests to make way for service and transit roads.

Bus banners subsidize the cost of public transit needed.

Bus-based public transit has been hit especially hard by the sharp rise in diesel fuel costs.

We have a lot of cars down there and not much in the way of alternative transit options.

The road test determines whether a plant will bruise in transit.

Zoning planners also gave priority access to popular spaces to pedestrians and public transit users.

Public transit agencies and riders won't be the only beneficiaries of hydraulic hybrid research.

Don't expect a country transit from old fashion empire directly into modern democracy.

Added to these huge losses is a large number of bird deaths during international transit.

After that, the moon will transit across the northern part of the sun.

The court ruled that the messages were in storage rather than transit.

Boat owners can get into serious trouble for leaving it stuck to propellers or hulls when boats are in transit.

They are not a threat, although they could be a transit point for black bank deals.

Simply download the map from your local transit agency and store it on your phone.

Light rail is a great clean transit solution that could help many cities improve their quality of life.

There are many hundreds of mobile apps that help you navigate transit systems around the world.

Careful observations of the transit allowed the team to calculate the size of the.

Transit systems across the country are raising fares and cutting service despite rising numbers of riders.

They will be building new rapid transit over the next few years.

Ensuring that things do not get clogged up are transit providers, firms whose job it is to.

We now have rapid but boring transit but on roads which still do not usually post the speed limits.

Tree branches have inspired efficient transit networks, but a new study finds inspiration in leaves.

The convenience of rapid transit over distance comes with a price tag.

Corrosion and excess friction create demands exceeding sustainability in needless rapid transit when data can do it for free.

As a transit country it would receive handsome tariff revenues.

We drive alone, because it's more convenient than adjusting our schedules for public transit.

Many city transit systems have banned drinks altogether.

However it was the wonderful transit system that really impressed me.

It is readily available and comes without specific restrictions on use or transit.

The orbiting telescope captured the lunar transit as the craft was taking pictures of the star in extreme ultraviolet light.

Public transit in general is looking better and better to local governments.

The best way to see my city is public transit to the many unique neighborhoods and walking the streets.

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World English Dictionary

transit (ˈtrænsɪt, ˈtrænz-)

—n
1.	a. the passage or conveyance of goods or people
	b. (as modifier): a transit visa
2.	a change or transition
3.	a route
4.	astronomy
	a. the passage of a celestial body or satellite across the face of a relatively larger body as seen from the earth
	b. the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian, caused by the earth's diurnal rotation
5.	astrology the passage of a planet across some special point on the zodiac
6.	in transit while being conveyed; during passage

—vb
7.	to make a transit through or over (something)
8.	astronomy to make a transit across (a celestial body or the meridian)
9.	to cause (the telescope of a surveying instrument) to turn over or (of such a telescope) to be turned over in a vertical plane so that it points in the opposite direction

[C15: from Latin transitus a going over, from transīre to pass over; see transient]

'transitable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

transit

"act or fact of passing across or through," c.1440, from L. transitus, pp. of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "public transporation" is attested from 1873. The verb also is first recorded c.1440.

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Science Dictionary

transit

(trān'sĭt) Pronunciation Key

The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body. As observed from Earth, Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that make transits of the Sun, because they are the only planets with orbits that lie between Earth and the Sun. Mercury makes an average of 13 transits of the Sun each century. Transits of Venus across the Sun are much rarer, with only 7 of them having occurred between 1639 and 2004. In contrast, transits of Jupiter's moons across its disk are common occurrences. Compare occultation.
The passage of a celestial body across the celestial meridian (the great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and an observer's zenith). For any observer, the object is at its highest in the sky at its transit of the observer's meridian. See more at celestial meridian.

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TRANSIT definition

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A subsystem of ICES.
[Sammet 1969, p.616].
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Encyclopedia

transit

in astronomy, the passage of a relatively small body across the disk of a larger body, usually the Sun or a planet, occulting only a very small area. Mercury and Venus periodically transit the Sun, and a satellite may transit its planet. Compare eclipse.

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