Definition of transit

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Transit (n.) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope..

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Transitoriness :: Transitoriness (n.) The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body..
Chophouse :: Chophouse (n.) A customhouse where transit duties are levied.
Pang :: Pang (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance..
Relative :: Relative (a.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other..
Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..
Active :: Active (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Entrepot :: Entrepot (n.) A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit..
Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Object :: Object (v. t.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb..
Transit :: Transit (n.) The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The period of a transitory breeze.
Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..
Objective :: Objective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See Accusative, n..
Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..
Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
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