English noun: transit | |||
1. | transit (artifact) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | ||
Synonyms | theodolite | ||
Broader (hypernym) | surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | tacheometer, tachymeter | ||
Part holonym | alidad, alidade | ||
2. | transit (artifact) a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | ||
Synonyms | transportation, transportation system | ||
Broader (hypernym) | facility, installation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air transportation system, highway system, public transit, short line, telferage, telpherage | ||
Part holonym | airfield, bridge, depot, field, flying field, landing field, line, public transport, span, terminal, terminus, way | ||
Part meronym | base, infrastructure | ||
3. | transit (act) a journey usually by ship | ||
Samples | The outward passage took 10 days. | ||
Synonyms | passage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | journey, journeying | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lockage | ||
English verb: transit | |||
1. | transit (motion) make a passage or journey from one place to another | ||
Samples | The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;. Some travelers pass through the desert. | ||
Synonyms | move through, pass across, pass over, pass through | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cut | ||
Verb group | transit | ||
2. | transit (motion) pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) | ||
Samples | The comet will transit on September 11. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
3. | transit (motion) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revolve, roll | ||
4. | transit (motion) cause or enable to pass through | ||
Samples | The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring, convey, take | ||
Verb group | move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit | ||