A surveying instrument similar to a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
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A transition or change, as to a spiritual existence at death.
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Astronomy The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body.
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Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system.
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The act of passing over, across, or through; passage.
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verb-intransitive
Astronomy To make a transit.
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verb-transitive
To pass over, across, or through: aircraft transiting the United States and Canada.
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To revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.
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verb
To make a transit.
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To pass over or through.
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To cause to pass over or through.
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To pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope).
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To turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal axis in surveying.
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