NOUN | artifact | transit, theodolite | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
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artifact | transit, transportation system, transportation | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | |
act | transit, passage | a journey usually by ship | |
VERB | motion | transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another |
motion | transit | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac / zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) | |
motion | transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction | |
motion | transit | cause or enable to pass through |
Sounds | trae'nziht | |
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Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod. | |
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Synonym | theodolite | |
Parts | alidade, alidad | surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments |
Narrower | tachymeter, tacheometer | A theodolite designed for rapid measurements |
Broader | surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument | An instrument used by surveyors |
Spanish | teodolito | |
Catalan | teodolit | |
Verbs | transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
Meaning | A journey usually by ship. | |
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Synonym | passage | |
Narrower | lockage | passage through a lock in a canal or waterway |
Broader | journey, journeying | The act of traveling from one place to another |
Spanish | travesía | |
Catalan | travessia | |
Verbs | transit | make a passage or journey from one place to another |
Meaning | make a passage or journey from one place to another. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | pass through, move through, pass across, pass over | |
Narrower | cut | pass through or across |
Broader | pass | go across or through |
Similar to | transit | Cause or enable to pass through |
Spanish | atravesar, transitar | |
Nouns | transit | a journey usually by ship |
transition | the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
Meaning | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac / zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The comet will transit on September 11" | |
Broader | pass | go across or through |
Meaning | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | roll, revolve | Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis |
Spanish | atravesar, girar | |
Nouns | transit | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
Meaning | Cause or enable to pass through. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" | |
Broader | bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
Similar to | transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another |
Nouns | transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
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