Transit

Popular cargo van

Transit is movement from one place to another, especially the passage of people or goods through an intermediate point: goods damaged in transit, transit visa.

In American usage, transit often means public transportation: mass transit, rapid transit, the transit authority.

In astronomy, transit describes a celestial body passing across another, as when Venus transits the sun.

transportation

subway

Underground transit passage

  • busLarge passenger vehicle
  • metroUrban rail transit
  • railHorizontal support bar

commuter · fare · route · station · passenger · ridership · tram · trolley · schedule · transfer

passage

crossing

Point where paths intersect

migration · travel · passing · voyage · corridor · pathway · flow · throughway · conveyance · waypoint

astronomy

Venus

Love goddess, or planet

planet · occultation · shadow · disk · celestial · observation · telescope · sunspot · alignment · orbital

shipping

cargo

Transported goods

logistics · container · shipment · port · clearance · bonded · manifest · forwarding · duty · import

surveying

theodolite

Precision angle-measuring instrument

angle · sighting · elevation · benchmark · tripod · compass · bearing · mapping · topography · alignment

Categories
Opposites
movement vs. stillness

Transitstasis

State of inactivity

stillness · immobility · rest · standstill · motionlessness

passage vs. permanence

Transitpermanence

Quality of lasting indefinitely

residence · settlement · staying · remaining · rootedness

public vs. private transportation

Transitpickup

Small open-bed truck

automobile · private car · pickup truck · rideshare · taxi

Phrases
Family

transits, transited, transiting, transition, transitions, transitional, transitive, transitively, intransitive

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G