to transit
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- verb
- /ˈtrænzɪt/
- Specialized
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transitar (por delante de)
- Astrophysicists observed Venus transit in front of the Sun, creating a silhouette against the bright backdrop.
- transiting planets
- transit the Sun
And on top of that, we can see the planet didn't transit when it should have done.
- And on top of that, we can see the planet didn't transit when it should have done.
- She collected all the the data together and found that there were swarms of mysterious objects transiting this star.
Examples
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One of the most exciting astronomical activities of the last several years has been the search for transiting extrasolar planets—those orbiting stars other than our Sun.
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We look for the dips 'cause when they transit across the face of the star.
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Tomorrow afternoon (USA time), Venus will transit the sun and be visible from Earth for several hours.
Blog text (18) -
His observations of the Mercury transit of 1631 were published and, as such, are considered the first official observations of a planet transiting the Sun.
Academic text (2006) -
Under such conditions, the plane of the planetary orbit is near the line of sight between the observer and the star, and the planet can be observed periodically to cross or transit the face of the star.
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So, there's a reasonable chance that the new planet could be seen transiting the star, and a proposal has already been sent to the Hubble team to check.
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Yet it seems more than appropriate to describe what happens on 8 June, when the black disk of Venus transits the Sun's face—an event that no one alive has ever seen.
Academic text (2004) -
On June 5, Mercury will transit across the face of the Sun, a rare astronomical event.
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The satellite is designed to detect when a planet transits its star, helping scientists find new worlds.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A number that shows a United States bank's location and tells which bank it is
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
- Specialized
A tool that measures how much a compass points away from true north
- Archaic
A telescope set east–west to record the exact time a star crosses the north–south line in the sky
- NSFW
An area of sea or land used as a route by smugglers to move drugs between places
How Obscuring
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4.4
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87
5.2
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1
9.9
- Specialized
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9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Transit comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ire 'to go', the same root as transition. When a planet transits the sun it 'goes across' the sun's face from our view, which is why the word means to pass in front of something.