Lingvanex Tranalator

Translator for


translation app

Lingvanex - your universal translation app

Translator for

Download For Free

Meaning & Definition of Transit in English

English

Transit

/trænzɪt/

noun

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

synonym:
  • theodolite,
  • transit

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

synonym:
  • transportation system,
  • transportation,
  • transit

3. A journey usually by ship

  • "The outward passage took 10 days"
synonym:
  • passage,
  • transit

verb

1. Make a passage or journey from one place to another

  • "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
  • " "some travelers pass through the desert"
synonym:
  • transit,
  • pass through,
  • move through,
  • pass across,
  • pass over

2. 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"
synonym:
  • transit

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

synonym:
  • transit

4. Cause or enable to pass through

  • "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
synonym:
  • transit

Examples of using

I listen to the radio while in transit.