TRANSIT — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ

transit

A journey usually by ship. Приклади
  • The outward passage took 10 days.
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.
Cause or enable to pass through. Приклади
  • The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day.
Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.
Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place). Приклади
  • The comet will transit on September 11.
Make a passage or journey from one place to another.
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