transit

Meanings

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

Synonyms

move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, passage, theodolite, transportation, transportation system