Толковый словарь английского языка - transit
Transit
transit
I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Latin ~us, from transire to go across, pass Date: 15th century 1. an act, process, or instance of passing through or over ; passage , change , ~ion , c. conveyance of persons or things from one place to another, usually local transportation especially of people by public conveyance, 2. passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope, passage of a smaller body (as Venus) across the disk of a larger (as the sun), a theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be ~ed, II. verb Date: 15th century in~ive verb to make a ~, ~ive verb 1. to pass over or through ; traverse , to cause to pass over or through, to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope), to turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal transverse axis in surveying
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n. & v. --n. 1 the act or process of going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. over a distance (transit by rail; made a transit of the lake). 2 a passage or route (the overland transit). 3 a the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian of a place. b such an apparent passage across the sun or a planet. 4 US the local conveyance of passengers on public routes. --v. (transited, transiting) 1 tr. make a transit across. 2 intr. make a transit. Phrases and idioms in transit while going or being conveyed. transit camp a camp for the temporary accommodation of soldiers, refugees, etc. transit-circle (or -instrument) an instrument for observing the transit of a celestial body across the meridian. transit-compass (or -theodolite) a surveyor's instrument for measuring a horizontal angle. transit-duty duty paid on goods passing through a country. transit lounge a lounge at an airport for passengers waiting between flights. transit visa a visa allowing only passage through a country. Etymology: ME f. L transitus f. transire (as TRANSIENT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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