Transit definition

Transit:
tran-sit, -zit
The act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.

A transition or change.

An instrument, having a telescope that can be transited, used for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles.

The passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location.

To cross (a meridian, celestial body, etc.).To make a transit across a meridian, celestial body, etc.