Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word transit. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word transit, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say transit in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word transit you have here. The definition of the word transit will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftransit, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
In the hollow by the park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole.
(astrology) The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart.
(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.
Mandarin: 通過／通过(zh)(tōngguò)(general), 穿過／穿过(zh)(chuānguò)(specifically “to pass through”), 越過／越过(zh)(yuèguò)(specifically “to pass over”, or “to cross a river or a mountain”)
^ Joan Beal (2002) English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 April 2018, page 109
(trading) the conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.