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Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
of
passing over
, across, or through something.
●
The
conveyance
of people or
goods
from one place to another, especially on a
public transportation
system; the
vehicles
used for such
conveyance
.
●
In Astronomy:
The
passage
of a
celestial body
across the observer's
meridian
, or across the
disk
of a
larger
celestial body
.
●
A
surveying
instrument
rather like a
theodolite
that
measures
horizontal
and
vertical
angles.
●
In Navigation:
An
imaginary
line
between two
objects
whose
positions
are known. When the
navigator
sees
one
object
directly
in front of
the other, the
navigator
knows
that his
position
is on the transit.
●
In British English:
A Ford Transit
van
, see Transit.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
Public
transport
system.
●
In British English & Vehicles:
a Ford Transit van.
Verb
●
To
pass over
, across or through something.
●
To
convey
people or
goods
from one place to another, especially by
public transport
vehicles.
●
To
revolve
an
instrument
about its
horizontal
axis
so as to
reverse
its direction.
●
In Astronomy:
To make a transit.
●
In Internet:
To
carry
communications
traffic
to and from a customer or another network on a
compensation
basis
as opposed to
peerage
in which the
traffic
to and from another network is
carried on
an
equivalency
basis
or without charge.
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