transit

¹tran·sit

noun \ˈtran(t)-sət, ˈtran-zət\

Definition of TRANSIT

1

a : an act, process, or instance of passing through or over b : change, transition c (1) : conveyance of persons or things from one place to another (2) : usu. 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

Examples of TRANSIT

1. the problems of urban transit

Origin of TRANSIT

Middle English transite, from Latin transitus, from transire to go across, pass

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Transportation Terms

camber, corduroy, demurrage, milestone