Transit Pass Place Verb Noun B System Passage

tran·sit

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\\ˈtran(t)-sət, ˈtran-zət\\ noun1.
  a. an act, process, or instance of passing through or over :

passage

  b.

change

,

transition

  c.
    (1) conveyance of persons or things from one place to another
    (2) usually local transportation especially of people by public conveyance; also : vehicles or a system engaged in such transportation
2.
  a. passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope
  b. passage of a smaller body (as Venus) across the disk of a larger (as the sun)
3. a theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited

II

verbintransitive verb
: to make a transit
transitive verb
1.
  a. to pass over or through :

traverse

  b. to cause to pass over or through
2. to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope)
3. to turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal transverse axis in surveying

transit
  transit (n.) "act or fact of passing across or through," c.1440, from L. transitus, pp. of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "public transporation" is attested from 1873. The verb also is first recorded c.1440.

transit
tran·sit / 5trAnzit; -sit / noun1. [U] the process of being moved or carried from one place to another
   运输；运送；搬运；载运:
   The cost includes transit.
   成本中包括运费。
   goods damaged in transit
   在运输中损坏的货物
   transit times
   运送时间
2. [U, C, usually sing.] the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else
   通过；经过；通行；过境；中转:
   the transit lounge at Vienna airport
   维也纳机场中转候机室
   a transit visa (= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay there)
   过境签证
3. [U] (NAmE) the system of buses, trains, etc. which people use to travel from one place to another
   交通运输系统:
   the city's mass / public transit system
   城市的公共交通运输系统

transit noun

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tran·sit
I. \ˈtran(t)sə̇t, ˈtraan-, -nzə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin transitus, from transitus, past participle of transire to go across, pass — more at
1.
 a. : an act, process, or instance of passing or journeying across, through, or over : ,
  < the transit of so vast a body through Roman territory could not but be dangerous — J.A.Froude >
  < the transit of radio signals from the earth to the moon and back — J.W.Townsend >
  < a fine case study of the transit of ideas from Europe to America — R.E.Riegel >
  < our transit across the little span of life — W.L.Sullivan >
 b. : passage across : ,
  < to bolster morale … in the transit from war to peace — Dixon Wecter >
  < the transit from fall to winter, from this life to the next >
 c.
  (1) : the conveyance or carriage of persons or things from one place to another
   < pigeons were used to provide the fastest transit for written messages — W.G.East >
   < there were also commissions … on communications and transit — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich >
   < uses all modes of transit to ship his products >
  (2) : the transportation especially of people by means of bus, subway train, or other usually local system of public conveyance
   < the problems of urban transit are complex >
   — compare ; also : the system, vehicles, or facilities engaged in such transportation
   < within easy reach are … schools, shopping centers, and transit — advt >
   < 85 out of 100 shoppers … arrived there by transit, as against nine out of 100 by auto — Sam Stavisky >
2. : the passing of a planet across or through any special point or place on the zodiac
3.
 a. : the passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope — called also culmination
 b. : the passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger (as of Venus or Mercury across the sun's disk)
4. or transit compass : a variety of theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited — called also transit theodolite
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II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to go over or through :
 < ships use the canal to transit to the west >
 < to steer to a destination through which the line transited — David Beaty >
2. : to make a transit across a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope
 < expects the planet to transit shortly after midnight >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to pass over or through : ,
  < transited La Perouse strait on the surface at night — E.L.Beach >
  < from San Juan to Guantánamo Bay you transit the windward passage — Lee Rogow >
 b. : to cause to pass over or through :
  < the canal … can be operated around the clock to transit a total of 36 ships daily — Ships and the Sea >
2. : to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope)

3. : to turn (a telescope) over about its horizontal transverse axis in surveying