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
