English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænzɪt|-ænzɪt

Noun
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1. The act of passing over, across, or through something.
2. The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
3. astronomy The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
4. A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
5. context|navigation an imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, then navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
6. UK a w:Ford Transit|Ford Transit van.

Translations
trans-top|The act of passing over, across, or through something
Finnish: kauttakulku, läpikulku
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trans-top|The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another
Finnish: kuljetus
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trans-top|The passage of a celestial body
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trans-top|A surveying instrument
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trans-top|imaginary line
Swedish: enslinje c
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Verb
en-verb|transit|t|ing

1. To pass over, across or through something
2. To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction
3. context|astronomy|intransitive To make a transit

Translations
trans-top|To pass over, across or through something
Finnish: kulkea joku|jonkun kautta
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trans-top|To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction
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trans-top|To make a transit (astronomy)
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transitionary
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transitively
transitory

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• 2007-08-13 19:50 - Thryduulf - /* Noun */ # {{UK}} a [[w:Ford Transit|]] van.

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