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transit

noun
  1. a journey usually by ship
    passage
  2. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
    theodolite
  3. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
    transportation
verb
  1. cause or enable to pass through
    “The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day”
  2. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
  3. 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”
  4. make a passage or journey from one place to another
    pass overpass throughmove throughpass across