Index of English words, starting with "tr"

(1) - Transit (v. t.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
(2) - Transit (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
(3) - Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.
(4) - Transit (n.) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
(5) - Transit (n.) A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.
(6) - Transit (n.) The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
(7) - Transit (n.) The act of passing; passage through or over.

(1) - Transition (n.) Change from one form to another.
(2) - Transition (n.) A passing from one subject to another.
(3) - Transition (n.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
(4) - Transition (n.) Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.