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Meaning of transit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  transit
      n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and
           vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on
           a tripod [syn: {theodolite}, {transit}]
      2: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
         for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: {transportation
         system}, {transportation}, {transit}]
      3: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
         [syn: {passage}, {transit}]
      v 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" [syn:
           {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"
      3: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its
         horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
      4: cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit
         hundreds of ships every day"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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