Transit Meaning

There are 7 meaning(s) for word Transit

Meaning 1 : a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

    Synonyms : transportation,  transportation system
Meaning 2 : make a passage or journey from one place to another

    Synonyms : move through,  pass across,  pass over,  pass through
Meaning 3 : a journey usually by ship

    Synonyms : passage
Meaning 4 : a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

    Synonyms : theodolite
Meaning 5 : cause or enable to pass through

    Example : The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day

Meaning 6 : pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

    Example : The comet will transit on September 11

Meaning 7 : revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction