1. (

• theodolite ,
• transit

) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod ;

2. (

• transportation_system ,
• transportation ,
• transit ,

) a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods ;

3. (

• passage ,
• transit

) a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days" ;

1. (

• transit ,
• pass_through ,
• move_through ,
• pass_across ,
• pass_over ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• transit ,

) 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. (

• transit ,

) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction ;

4. (

• transit ,

) cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" ;