noun🔗ShareTransit, passageThe act of passing over, across, or through something."The transit of the school bus across the bridge was a common sight. "Le passage du bus scolaire sur le pont était une scène courante.wayactionprocessieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTransport, transitThe conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance."the transit of goods through a country"le transit de marchandises à travers un paysvehicleservicesystemtrafficindustryieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTransitThe passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body."The transit of Venus across the sun was visible from the school's rooftop observatory. "Le transit de Vénus devant le soleil était visible depuis l'observatoire sur le toit de l'école.astronomyspacephysicsieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTransit, théodoliteA surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles."The surveyor used the transit to measure the angles of the new school building's foundation. "L'arpenteur a utilisé le transit pour mesurer les angles des fondations du nouveau bâtiment scolaire.technologydeviceieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlignementAn imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit."To find the shortest route to Grandma's house, the navigator used the transit between the school and her house. "Pour trouver le chemin le plus court vers la maison de grand-mère, le navigateur a utilisé l'alignement entre l'école et sa maison.nauticalsailingpositionieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn fourgon Ford Transit, voir TransitA Ford Transit van, see Transit."Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel."Beufort Road, Birkenhead, vers 17h15 le 19 juin 2013, un Transit blanc dépasse et dévie à gauche dans le carrefour, manquant de peu ma roue avant.vehicleieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTransport en communPublic transport system."I always take the transit to work."Je prends toujours les transports en commun pour aller au travail.systemvehicleserviceieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTraverserTo pass over, across or through something."The train will transit the city center, moving from one station to another. "Le train traversera le centre-ville, passant d'une gare à une autre.actionwayvehicletrafficspaceplaceieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire pivoter un instrument autour de son axe horizontal afin d'inverser sa directionTo revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction."The astronomer transited the telescope to observe the stars from a different angle. "L'astronome a fait pivoter le télescope pour observer les étoiles sous un angle différent.technicaldirectionastronomyieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEffectuer un transit, transiterTo make a transit."The family will transit to their vacation home next weekend. "La famille transitera vers sa maison de vacances le week-end prochain.vehicleactionwayieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTransiter le trafic de communicationsTo carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge."The internet service provider transits the phone calls to the local phone company, charging a fee for carrying the calls between their networks. "Le fournisseur d'accès à Internet transite les appels téléphoniques vers la compagnie de téléphone locale, facturant des frais pour le transport des appels entre leurs réseaux.communicationinternettechnologybusinessserviceieltstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading