transit
1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
theodolite
• Hypernyms:
surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
• Hyponyms:
tachymeter, tacheometer
• Part Meronyms:
alidade, alidad
2. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
• Syn:
transportation system, transportation
• Derivationally related forms:
transport (for: transportation)
• Hypernyms:
facility, installation
• Hyponyms:
air transportation system, highway system, public transit, short line, telpherage, telferage
• Part Holonyms:
infrastructure, base
• Part Meronyms:
airfield, landing field, flying field, field, bridge,
bridge, line, public transport, terminal, terminus,
depot, way
3. a journey usually by ship
- the outward passage took 10 days
• Syn:
passage
• Hypernyms:
journey, journeying
• Hyponyms:
lockage
1. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
transition
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Hyponyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. 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
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s something
3. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
• Hypernyms:
roll, revolve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. cause or enable to pass through
- The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
• Hypernyms:
bring, convey, take
• Verb Group:
pass through, move through, pass across, pass over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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