a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

[ Syn: theodolite ]

a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

[ Syn: transportation system , transportation ]

a journey usually by ship; the outward passage took 10 days

[ Syn: passage ]

make a passage or journey from one place to another; The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs; Some travelers pass through the desert

[ Syn: pass through , move through , pass across , pass over ]

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'

revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

cause or enable to pass through; The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day'