transit
pronunciation
How to pronounce transit in British English:
UK [ˈtrænzɪt]
How to pronounce transit in American English:
US [ˈtrænzɪt]
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- Noun:
- a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
- a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- a journey usually by ship
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- Verb:
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
- revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
- cause or enable to pass through
Word Origin
- transit (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Astronomical sense is from 1680s. Related: Transited; transiting.
- transit (n.)
- mid-15c., "act or fact of passing across or through," from Latin transitus "a going over, passing over, passage," verbal noun from past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "a transit of a planet across the sun" is from 1660s. Meaning "public transportation" is attested from 1873.
Example
- 1. The metropolitan transit authority said it was investigating the accident .
- 2. Transit to macau through hong kong has been blocked entirely .
- 3. There are so many other transit points .
- 4. Energy efficiency will also suffer as people shift from mass transit .
- 5. Young people watching the transit of venus in 2004 , using approved solar filters .