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The act of passing over, across, or through something.
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The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
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the transit of goods through a country
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The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
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A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
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An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
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A Ford Transit van, see Transit.
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Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel.
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Public transport system.
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I always take the transit to work.