Definition of transits

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  • transits is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
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Definition of transits

  • a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. transportation
    2. transportation system
  • make a passage or journey from one place to another (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. move through
    2. pass across
    3. pass over
    4. pass through
  • a journey usually by ship (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. passage
  • a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. theodolite
  • cause or enable to pass through (verb)

    Examples

    1. The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
  • pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) (verb)

    Examples

    1. The comet will transit on September 11
  • revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction (verb)

See definition of transits in Merriam Webster