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transit

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Synonyms: transmit, transie, transin, transyt

Antonyms: transmit, transie, transin, transyt

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Noun

  1. The act of [[passing]] [[over]], [[across]], or [[through]] something.
  2. The [[conveyance]] of [[people]] or [[goods]] from one place to another, especially on a [[public]] [[transportation]] [[system]]; the [[vehicle]]s used for such conveyance.
  3. {{lb|en|Canadian|American}} Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; ''short form of '''[[public transit]]''' or '''[[mass transit]]'''''
  4. {{lb|en|astronomy}} The passage of a [[celestial]] [[body]] or other object across the [[observer]]'s [[meridian]], or across the [[disk]] of a larger celestial body.
  5. {{lb|en|astrology}} The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's [[birth chart]].
  6. A [[surveying]] [[instrument]] rather like a [[theodolite]] that [[measures]] [[horizontal]] and [[vertical]] [[angle]]s.
  7. {{lb|en|navigation}} An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
  8. {{lb|en|UK|Irish}} A Ford Transit van, see {{m|en|Transit}}.

Verb

  1. To pass over, across or through something.
  2. To [[convey]] [[people]] or [[goods]] from one place to another, especially by [[public]] [[transport]] [[vehicles]].
  3. {{lb|en|at least|_|Vancouver}} To use [[public transit]].
  4. To [[revolve]] an instrument about its horizontal [[axis]] so as to [[reverse]] its [[direction]].
  5. {{lb|en|astronomy|intransitive}} To make a transit.
  6. {{lb|en|Internet}} To carry [[communications]] [[traffic]] to and from a customer or another [[network]] on a [[compensation]] basis as opposed to [[peer]]age in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an [[equivalency]] basis or without charge.

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