transiting

noun

a journey usually by ship

a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

verb

cause or enable to pass through

revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

make a passage or journey from one place to another

Roots

transtrans- · Latin · across eo-it · Latin · go

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