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cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction 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 a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days" a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
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