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Definitions for Transit

[1] the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
[2] conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, especially, local public transportation: city transit. Compare mass transit.
[3] a transition or change.
[4] Astronomy . the passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location or through the field of a telescope. the passage of Mercury or Venus across the disk of the sun, or of a satellite or its shadow across the face of its primary. meridian circle.
[5] Astrology . the passage of a planet in aspect to another planet or a specific point in a horoscope.
[6] Surveying . Also called transit instrument. an instrument, as a theodolite, having a telescope that can be transited, used for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles. a repeating transit theodolite.
[7] (initial capital letter ) U.S. Aerospace . one of a series of satellites for providing positional data to ships and aircraft.
[8] to pass across or through.
[9] Surveying . to turn (the telescope of a transit) in a vertical plane in order to reverse direction; plunge.
[10] Astronomy . to cross (a meridian, celestial body, etc.).
[11] to pass over or through something; make a transit.
[12] Astronomy . to make a transit across a meridian, celestial body, etc.
[13] thus passes away the glory of this world.
[14] the passage or conveyance of goods or people (as modifier ) a transit visa
[15] a change or transition
[16] a route
[17] astronomy the passage of a celestial body or satellite across the face of a relatively larger body as seen from the earth the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian, caused by the earth's diurnal rotation
[18] astrology the passage of a planet across some special point on the zodiac
[19] in transit while being conveyed; during passage
[20] to make a transit through or over (something)
[21] astronomy to make a transit across (a celestial body or the meridian)
[22] to cause (the telescope of a surveying instrument) to turn over or (of such a telescope) to be turned over in a vertical plane so that it points in the opposite direction
[23] thus passes the glory of the world

Words related to Transit

travel, shipment, transport, passage, traverse, shift, conveyance, alteration, motion, carriage, penetration, transfer, crossing, osmosis, movement, portage, permeation, transference, carrying, infiltration

Words nearby Transit

transignification, transilient, transilluminate, transistor, transistorize, transit, transit camp, transit circle, transit instrument, transit number, transit shed

Origin of Transit

1400–50; late Middle English (noun and v.) < Latin trānsitus a going across, passage, equivalent to trānsi-, variant stem of trānsīre to cross (trāns- trans- + -īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action

Word origin for Transit

C15: from Latin transitus a going over, from transīre to pass over; see transient

Synonyms for Transit

passage, shipment, transport, travel, alteration, carriage, carrying, conveyance, crossing, infiltration, motion, movement, osmosis, penetration, permeation, portage, shift, transfer, transference, transporting, traverse