transit

Noun
  1. A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod (synset 104426208)
    is a type of: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument - an instrument used by surveyors
    subtypes: tacheometer, tachymeter - a theodolite designed for rapid measurements
    has: alidad, alidade - surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments
    same as: theodolite
  2. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (synset 104480667)
    is a type of: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    subtypes:
    • air transportation system - a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air
    • highway system - a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport
    • public transit - a public transportation system for moving passengers
    • short line - a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances
    • telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
    has:
    • airfield, field, flying field, landing field - a place where planes take off and land
    • bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
    • line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
    • public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
    • depot, terminal, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    • way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
    is a part of: base, infrastructure - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    same as: transportation, transportation system
  3. A journey usually by ship (synset 100309941)
    "the outward passage took 10 days"
    is a type of: journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
    subtypes: lockage - passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
    same as: passage
Verb
  1. Make a passage or journey from one place to another (synset 201919358)
    "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs"; "Some travelers pass through the desert"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through
    subtypes: cut - pass through or across
    same as: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through
    verb group: transit - cause or enable to pass through
  2. Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) (synset 201871058)
    "The comet will transit on September 11"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through
  3. Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction (synset 201870858)
    is a type of: revolve, roll - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
  4. Cause or enable to pass through (synset 201857682)
    "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
    is a type of: bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
    verb group: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit - make a passage or journey from one place to another

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