transit /tranˈzit, tränˈ, -sit/

1. The conveyance or passage of things or people over, across or through a distance
2. A route
3. Passenger transport (esp US)
4. The apparent passage of a heavenly body over the meridian (astronomy)
5. The apparent passage of a smaller planet, etc over the disc of a greater (astronomy)
6. The passage of a planet across some particular region or point on the zodiac (astrology)
7. A transit circle, transit instrument, or transit theodolite

To pass across

1. To pass across
2. To reverse

transˈitable adjective

transit camp noun

A camp where eg refugees, immigrants, soldiers, etc are temporarily accommodated before travelling on to a further destination

transit circle noun

A transit instrument with a graduated circle for declinations

transit duty noun

A duty chargeable on goods passing through a country

transit instrument noun

A telescope mounted in the meridian and turned on a fixed east and west axis

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