n.
1.a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
2.a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
3.a journey usually by ship transit v.
1.make a passage or journey from one place to another
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)
3.revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
4.cause or enable to pass through
Idiom of the Day
according to (someone or something)
as said or told by someone, in agreement with something, in the order of something, in proportion to something
According to our teacher, there will be no class next week. We did everything according to the terms of the agreement.