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Transit

 
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Transit may refer to:

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Transportation

  • Ford Transit, a van made by the Ford Motor Company
  • Mass transit, transportation systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles
  • Navigational transit, when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in line
  • Transit (ship), the name given to three sailing vessels designed and built to the order of Captain Richard Hall Gower
  • TransIT, the public transportation bus service in Frederick, Maryland
  • Transit New Zealand, a crown entity responsible for the New Zealand national state highway network.

Science and technology

  • Astronomical transit, the apparent motion of one celestial body across the face of another celestial body or meridian
  • Transit telescope, a special purpose telescope mounted so as to point only at objects transiting the local meridian
  • A specialized type of Theodolite used in surveying
  • Transit (satellite), the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally
  • Internet transit, one of the two mechanisms by which Internet traffic is exchanged between internet service providers
  • Routing transit number, an identifying code used in transference of funds through banking institutions

Other uses

  • Transit, Canadian shoe retailer now operating under the name Spring
  • Astrological transit, the comparison and evaluation of planets in their current position in relation to those on a Natal Chart

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