Transit: Encyclopedia - Transit

The word "transit", when used alone, has several possible meanings in English means of transport, including mass transit, rapid transit, public transit, public transport; see transit (transportation) in astronomy an event involving two bodies along the same line of sight; see astronomical transit in navigational position lines when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in line; see navigational transit in surveying, a specialized instrument (more specifically, a specialized theodolite,

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