| noun | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
| noun | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
| noun | a journey usually by ship “the outward passage took 10 days” |
| verb | make a passage or journey from one place to another “The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;” |
| verb | 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” |
| verb | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
| verb | cause or enable to pass through “The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day” |
| transit | verb | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
| transport | verb | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances |
| transit | noun | a journey usually by ship |
| transition | noun | the act of passing from one state or place to the next |