transit
tran·sit / ˈtranzit/ • n. 1. the carrying of people, goods, or materials from one place to another: a painting was damaged in transit. ∎ an act of passing through or across a place: the first west-to-east transit of the Northwest Passage | [as adj.] a transit airline passenger. ∎ the conveyance of passengers on public transportation. ∎ Astron. the passage of an inferior planet across the face of the sun, or of a moon or its shadow across the face of a planet. ∎ Astron. the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian of a place. ∎ Astrol. the passage of a celestial body through a specified sign, house, or area of a chart. 2. inf. (in full transit theodolite) a tool used by surveyors to measure horizontal angles.• v. (-sit·ed, -sit·ing) [tr.] pass across or through (an area): the new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal. ∎ Astron. (of a planet or other celestial body) pass across (a meridian or the face of another body). ∎ Astrol. (of a celestial body) pass across (a specified sign, house, or area of a chart).