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Definition of Transit

1. Noun. A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.

2. Verb. Make a passage or journey from one place to another. "Some travelers pass through the desert"

3. Noun. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.

4. Verb. 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"

5. Noun. A journey usually by ship. "The outward passage took 10 days"

6. Verb. Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.

7. Verb. Cause or enable to pass through. "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"

Definition of Transit

1. n. The act of passing; passage through or over.

2. v. t. To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

Definition of Transit

1. to pass across or through [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Transit

1. An act, process or instance of passing or journeying across, through or over. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transit

transire transires transischiac transisthmian transistor transistorise transistorised transistorises transistorising transistorize

transistorized transistorizes transistorizing transistors transit (current term) transit (current term) transited transiting transition transition

transitional transitional transitionally transitional cell transitional cell carcinoma transitional cell papilloma transitional convolution transitional denture transitional element transitional endoplasmic reticulum

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