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transit

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transit  \Trans"it\,  n.  [L.  transitus  from  transire  to  go  over: 
  cf  F.  transit.  See  {Transient}.] 
  1.  The  act  of  passing;  passage  through  or  over 
 
  In  France  you  are  now  .  .  .  in  the  transit  from  one 
  form  of  government  to  another.  --Burke. 
 
  2.  The  act  or  process  of  causing  to  pass;  conveyance;  as  the 
  transit  of  goods  through  a  country. 
 
  3.  A  line  or  route  of  passage  or  conveyance;  as  the 
  Nicaragua  transit.  --E.  G.  Squier. 
 
  4.  (Astron.) 
  a  The  passage  of  a  heavenly  body  over  the  meridian  of  a 
  place  or  through  the  field  of  a  telescope. 
  b  The  passage  of  a  smaller  body  across  the  disk  of  a 
  larger,  as  of  Venus  across  the  sun's  disk,  or  of  a 
  satellite  or  its  shadow  across  the  disk  of  its 
  primary. 
 
  5.  An  instrument  resembling  a  theodolite,  used  by  surveyors 
  and  engineers;  --  called  also  {transit  compass},  and 
  {surveyor's  transit}. 
 
  Note:  The  surveyor's  transit  differs  from  the  theodolite  in 
  having  the  horizontal  axis  attached  directly  to  the 
  telescope  which  is  not  mounted  in  Y's  and  can  be  turned 
  completely  over  about  the  axis. 
 
  {Lower  transit}  (Astron.),  the  passage  of  a  heavenly  body 
  across  that  part  of  the  meridian  which  is  below  the  polar 
  axis. 
 
  {Surveyor's  transit}.  See  {Transit},  5,  above. 
 
  {Transit  circle}  (Astron.),  a  transit  instrument  with  a 
  graduated  circle  attached,  used  for  observing  the  time  of 
  transit  and  the  declination  at  one  observation.  See 
  {Circle},  n.,  3. 
 
  {Transit  compass}.  See  {Transit},  5,  above. 
 
  {Transit  duty},  a  duty  paid  on  goods  that  pass  through  a 
  country. 
 
  {Transit  instrument}.  (Astron.) 
  a  A  telescope  mounted  at  right  angles  to  a  horizontal 
  axis,  on  which  it  revolves  with  its  line  of 
  collimation  in  the  plane  of  the  meridian,  --  used  in 
  connection  with  a  clock  for  observing  the  time  of 
  transit  of  a  heavenly  body  over  the  meridian  of  a 
  place 
  b  (Surv.)  A  surveyor's  transit.  See  {Transit},  5,  above. 
 
 
  {Transit  trade}  (Com.),  the  business  conected  with  the 
  passage  of  goods  through  a  country  to  their  destination. 
 
 
  {Upper  transit}  (Astron.),  the  passage  of  a  heavenly  body 
  across  that  part  of  the  meridian  which  is  above  the  polar 
  axis. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transit  \Trans"it\,  v.  t.  (Astron.) 
  To  pass  over  the  disk  of  (a  heavenly  body). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  transit 
  n  1:  an  instrument  for  measuring  horizontal  and  vertical  angles, 
  consisting  of  a  small  tripod-mounted  telescope  [syn:  {theodolite}] 
  2:  the  roads  and  equipment  necessary  for  the  movement  of 
  passengers  or  goods  [syn:  {transportation  system},  {transportation}] 
  3:  a  journey  usually  by  ship;  "the  outward  passage  took  10 
  days"  [syn:  {passage}] 
  v  :  make  a  transit  [syn:  {pass  through},  {pass  across},  {pass 
  over}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  TRANSIT 
 
  Subsystem  of  ICES.  Sammet  1969,  p.616.




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