transit - noun

a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

a journey usually by ship

transit - verb

• make a passage or journey from one place to another
• pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
• revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
• cause or enable to pass through

transit - thesaurus

passage   theodolite   transportation