- theodolite, transit - a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
--1 is a kind of surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
--1 has parts: alidade, alidad
--1 has particulars: tachymeter, tacheometerDerived form: verb transit3 - transportation system, transportation, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
--2 is a kind of facility, installation
--2 is a part of infrastructure, base
--2 has parts:
--2 has particulars:airfield, landing field, flying field, field; bridge, span; line; public transport; terminal, terminus, depot; way air transportation system; highway system; public transit; short line; telpherage, telferage Derived form: verb transit4 - passage, transit - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
--3 is a kind of journey, journeying
--3 has particulars: lockageDerived form: verb transit1
- transit, pass through, pass across, pass over - make a passage or journey from one place to another
--1 is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun transit3, noun transition1
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- transit - 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"
--2 is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
- transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
--3 is one way to roll, revolve
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun transit1
Somebody ----s something
- transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
--4 is one way to bring, convey, take
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun transit2
Something ----s something
- transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction