nnoun.artifacta surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripodSynset:theodolite
Derivationally Related Form:transit
Hypernyms:surveying instrument surveyor's instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:theodolitesurveying instrumentinstrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:tacheometertachymeter
Part Meronyms:alidad alidade
nnoun.artifacta facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goodsSynset:transportation transportation system
Derivationally Related Form:transporttransit
Part Holonyms:base infrastructure
Hypernyms:facility installation
Inherited Hypernyms:transportation systemfacilityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:air transportation systemhighway systempublic transitshort linetelferagetelpherage
Part Meronyms:airfield field flying field landing field bridge span line public transport depot terminal terminus way
Full Hyponyms:air transportation systemhighway systemhub-and-spokepublic transitrapid transitshort linetelpherage
nnoun.acta journey usually by shipSynset:passage
Examples:- the outward passage took 10 days
Derivationally Related Form:transit
Hypernyms:journey journeying
Inherited Hypernyms:passagejourneytravelmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:lockage
vverb.motionmake a passage or journey from one place to anotherSynset:move through pass across pass over pass through
Examples:- The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
- Some travelers pass through the desert
Derivationally Related Form:transitiontransit
Hypernyms:pass
Inherited Hypernyms:transitpasstravel
Direct Hyponyms:cut
Full Troponyms:cut
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionpass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)Examples:- The comet will transit on September 11
Hypernyms:pass
Inherited Hypernyms:transitpasstravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.motionrevolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its directionDerivationally Related Form:transit
Hypernyms:revolve roll
Inherited Hypernyms:transitrollmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motioncause or enable to pass throughExamples:- The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
Derivationally Related Form:transit
Hypernyms:bring convey take
Inherited Hypernyms:transitbringtransportmove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something