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Webster 1913 Edition


Transit

Trans′it

,
Noun.
[L.
transitus
, from
transire
to go over: cf. F.
transit
. See
Transient
.]
1.
The act of passing; passage through or over.
In France you are now . . . in the
transit
from one form of government to another.
Burke.
2.
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance;
as, the
transit
of goods through a country
.
3.
A line or route of passage or conveyance;
as, the Nicaragua
transit
.
E. G. Squier.
4.
(Astron.)
(a)
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
(b)
The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun’s disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.
5.
An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; – called also
transit compass
, and
surveyor's transit
.
☞ The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in
Y
's and can be turned completely over about the axis.
Lower transit
(Astron.)
,
the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is below the polar axis.
Surveyor's transit
.
See
Transit
, 5, above.
Transit circle
(Astron.)
,
a transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of transit and the declination at one observation. See
Circle
,
Noun.
, 3.
Transit compass
.
See
Transit
, 5, above.
Transit duty
,
a duty paid on goods that pass through a country.
Transit instrument
.
(Astron.)
(a)
A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal axis, on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian, – used in connection with a clock for observing the time of transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place.
(b)
(Surv.)
A surveyor's transit. See
Transit
, 5, above.
Transit trade
(Com.)
,
the business conected with the passage of goods through a country to their destination.
Upper transit
(Astron.)
,
the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is above the polar axis.

Trans′it

,
Verb.
T.
(Astron.)
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

Webster 1828 Edition


Transit

TRANS'IT

,
Noun.
[L. transitus, from transeo.]
1.
A passing; a passing over or through; conveyance; as the transit of goods through a country.
2.
In astronomy, the passing of one heavenly body over the disk of another and larger. I witnessed the transit of Venus over the sun's disk, June 3, 1769. When a smaller body passes behind a larger, it is said to suffer an occultation.
3.
The passage of one heavenly body over the meridian of another.

TRANS'IT

,
Verb.
T.
To pass over the disk of a heavenly body.

Definition 2024


Transit

Transit

See also: transit, trànsit, and transît

German

Noun

Transit m (genitive Transits or Transites, plural Transite)

  1. transit

transit

transit

See also: Transit, trànsit, and transît

English

Noun

transit (countable and uncountable, plural transits)

  1. The act of passing over, across, or through something.
    • Burke
      In France you are now [] in the transit from one form of government to another.
  2. The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
    the transit of goods through a country
  3. (astronomy) The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
  4. A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
  5. (navigation) an imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
  6. (Britain) a Ford Transit van. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  7. (Internet) to carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
  8. (US) Public transport system

Translations

Verb

transit (third-person singular simple present transits, present participle transiting, simple past and past participle transited)

  1. To pass over, across or through something
  2. To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction
  3. (astronomy, intransitive) To make a transit

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French

Verb

transit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of transir
  2. third-person singular past historic of transir

Ladin

Noun

transit m (plural transic)

  1. transit

Latin

Verb

trānsit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of trānseō