to transit
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈtrænzɪt/
- Specialized
Examples
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Even without transiting its parent star, a larger planet would cause slight variations in the smaller planet's transit times.
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police vessel, the St. Roch II, transited the Northwest Passage in August without touching ice.
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Twenty thousand ships transit the Gulf of Aden annually, and in 2007 about 6,500 tankers, carrying 12 percent of the world's daily oil supply, used the route.
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The surveyor had to transit the telescope to check the angle of the building's base during the measurement.
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To achieve accurate readings, the technician must transit the instrument carefully after each shift in direction.
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When adjusting the surveying instrument, it is crucial to transit it smoothly to avoid any discrepancies in the data.
Synonyms
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3.4
To move in a circle around a central point
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8.8
To move backward in an orbit as seen from Earth
Compounds
- NSFW
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7.2
An area of sea or land used as a route by smugglers to move drugs between places
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3.7
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
- Archaic
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9.9
A telescope set east–west to record the exact time a star crosses the north–south line in the sky
- Specialized
A number that shows a United States bank's location and tells which bank it is
- Specialized
A tool that measures how much a compass points away from true north
Surface Forms
Etymology
Transit comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ire 'to go', like the word transition. To transit the telescope means to turn it 'across' to the other side, which explains this verb use.