[
US
/ˈtɹænzɪt/
]
[ UK /tɹˈænsɪt/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈænsɪt/ ]
VERB
- revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
-
cause or enable to pass through
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day -
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 -
make a passage or journey from one place to another
Some travelers pass through the desert
The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
NOUN
-
a journey usually by ship
the outward passage took 10 days - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
How To Use transit In A Sentence
- Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
- The transitional zones between low backgrounds of W Mo group elements and iron group and chalcophile elements are the favorable enriched zones of uranium deposits.
- English is called a nominative-accusative language because both transitive and intransitive verbs take subjects. Behind Bars | ATTACKERMAN
- The verb garadjimbat (with transitive suffix - im and continuative aspect - bat) is from English scratch (and him and about) but means ` to dig. ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4
- The plan laid out in 1996 to change welfare to workfare recognized and provided for the critical role child care would play in transitioning from government dependency to personal responsibility.
- In the development of better asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts it is important to increase the energy difference between the transition complexes in order to obtain, as a consequence, larger enantiomeric excess. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 - Information for the Public
- The social transition has gone wrong: it is majoritarian absolutism.
- The exams are just around the corner and students are bogged down with preparation work for practicals and orals but the Transition year students found time to raise funds for those less fortunate.
- Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not * the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
- This course is useful for students who are in transition from one training programme to another.
