1. transit

noun. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.

Rhymes with Transit

• deposit
• exit
• perquisite
• renuzit
• revisit
• sesit
• visit

How do you pronounce transit?

Pronounce transit as ˈtrænzɪt.

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Sentences with transit

1. Noun, singular or mass
USPS may also contact you if it finds your package or has updates on its location in transit.

2. Verb, base form
A visa is a document many travelers must have to fly to or transit through a Canadian airport.

Quotes about transit

1. The human digestive tract is like the Amtrak line from Seattle to Los Angeles: transit time is about thirty hours, and the scenery on the last leg is pretty monotonous.
- Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

2. transit

noun. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.

3. transit

verb. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] make a passage or journey from one place to another.

4. transit

noun. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] a journey usually by ship.

5. transit

verb. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.

6. transit

verb. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] cause or enable to pass through.

7. transit

verb. ['ˈtrænzɪt'] pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place).