Definitions For Transit

noun

• A journey usually by ship
• 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
• The act of moving people or things from one place to another

verb

• Cause or enable to pass through
• Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
• Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
• Make a passage or journey from one place to another