| Noun | 1. | transit - a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripodalidad, alidade - surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments | |
| 2. | transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goodsbridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" highway system - a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier short line - a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | |
| 3. | transit - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"lockage - passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | |
| Verb | 1. | transit - make a passage or journey from one place to anothertransit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" cut - pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" | |
| 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"go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" | |
| 3. | transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its directionrevolve, roll - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" | |
| 4. | transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" | |