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The act of passing; passage through or over.

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The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.

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A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.

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The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.

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The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.

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An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.

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To pass over the disk of. cause or enable to pass through; 'The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day' revolve about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction pass across or pass across ; 'The comet will transit on September 11' make a passage or journey from one place to another.

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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; 'the outward passage took 10 days'. make a passage or journey from one place to another. pass across or pass across ; 'The comet will transit on September 11'. revolve 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'.

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The transit time of a celestial body refers to the instant that its center crosses an imaginary line in the sky - the observer's meridian - running from north to south For observers in low to middle latitudes, transit is approximately midway between rise and set, and represents the time at which the body is highest in the sky on any given day At high latitudes, neither of these statements may be true - for example, there may be several transits between rise and set The transit of the Sun is local solar noon The difference between the transit times of the Sun and Moon is closely related to the Moon's phase The New Moon transits at about the same time as the Sun; the First Quarter Moon transits about 6 hours after the Sun; the Full Moon transits about 12 hours after/before the Sun; and the Last Quarter Moon transits about 6 hours before the Sun.

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The transit of a celestial object is when it crosses the prime meridian in the sky The time when the object is at the greatest height above the horizon is practically the same as the time of its transit.

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The passage of a celestial body over a specified meridian The passage is designated as upper transit or lower transit according to whether it is over that part of the meridian Iying above or below the polar axis.

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The transit time of a celestial body refers to the instant that its center crosses an imaginary line in the sky, the observer's meridian running from north to south For observers in low to middle latitudes, transit is approximately midway between rise and set, and represents the time at which the body is highest in the sky on any given day At high latitudes, neither of these statements may be true for example, there may be several transits between rise and set The transit of the Sun is local solar noon The difference between the transit times of the Sun and Moon is closely related to the Moon's phase The New Moon transits at about the same time as the Sun; the First Quarter Moon transits about 6 hours after the Sun; the Full Moon transits about 12 hours after/before the Sun; and the Last Quarter Moon transits about 6 hours before the Sun.

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The crossing of a celestial object across the observer's meridian caused by the daily apparent motion of the celestial sphere Also the passage of a planet across the face of the Sun or of a planet's satellite across the primary's disk.

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The passage of a celestial body across an observer's meridian; also the passage of a celestial body across the disk of a larger one.

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When a small celestial body moves in front of a much larger one , the event is termed transit rather than eclipse The shadow of a satellite may also transit the disk of its primary.

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The passage of the moon over the local meridian; it is designated as upper transit when it crosses the observers meridian and as lower transit when it crosses the same meridian but 180 degrees from the observer's location When specified, transit may be referred to the Greenwich meridian.

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Precision surveying instrument; a theodolite in which the telescope can be reversed in direction by rotation about its horizontal axis.

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Since Mercury and Venus are closer to the Sun than the Earth, as seen from here they can occasionally line up directly between us and the Sun, and as a result can be observed as a tiny black dot moving across the face of the Sun Transits of Mercury occur every few years; the next to be visible from Britain will be in 2003 Transits of Venus are much less common, and tend to occur in pairs every 105 or 120 years, with an 8-year gap between each pair: for example, the last transits of Venus were in 1874 and 1882; the next will be in 2004 and 2012 Top U V W Top X Y.

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From the Latin, 'to go across', a transit is the crossing of a planet in the heavens over another point The aspect formed between the transitting planet and the point in the horoscope is interpreted using the inherent symbolism of the aspect itself and the planets involved Particularly in psychological astrology, a transit is thought to indicate a catalyst for the unfolding of a psychological process, whether or not it results in concrete events.

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Time that a unit is on the railroad Intermodal transit starts from the ingate load at origin and goes until the notification at destination Transit calculates the amount of time a railroad was in possession of a unit and how long it took to ship that unit from point A to point B.

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Generally refers to passenger service, usually local, that is provided to the public Transit operates along established routes with fixed or variable schedules and is available to any person who pays the published fare.

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A scientific instrument used on excavations to measure horizontal and vertical angles and horizontal distances in order to find out changes in soil level during excavation and the distances between different points of excavation.

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A stationary support structure for a telescope Motion is allowed along the meridian from the zenith to the horizon, but stars cannot be tracked east/west Measurements are only possible when the objects 'transit' the meridian due to the Earth's rotation. 1 the crossing of a celestial body over the meridian 2 the crossing of a celestial body in front of another.

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Generally refers to urban passenger transportation service, local in scope, provided to the public along established routes with fixed or variable schedules at published fares.

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The point in time when an object crosses the Meridian For observers in the southern hemisphere the object will then be directly north and at its highest in the sky.

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The movement of the sampler from the water surface to the streambed or from the streambed to the water surface. an instrument used to accurately measure horizontal and vertical angles, extend straight lines, measure distances, and when used with a stadia rod, determine elevations above mean sea level; essentially a telescope mounted on a tripod that can be adjusted so that the instrument is perfectly level.

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The point when the path of the Moon, the Sun, a star, or a planet takes it across the meridian.

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The apparent journey of Mercury or Venus across the Sun's disc, or of a planet's moon across the disc of its parent.

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Publicly shared vehicles that provide transportation on fixed or flexible routes For the Central Texas region, transit primarily means buses.

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A surveyor's instrument very similar to a theodolite and used for measuring horozontal and verticle angles. Another name for 'public transportation,' generally used in contexts which do not include carpools or vanpools.