transit
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
Other meanings
The 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”
Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit
“I always take transit to work.”
Related words
- antitransit
- microtransit
- nontransit
- paratransit
- protransit
- transitology
- transitway
- bowel transit time
- transit tetany
- transit lounge
- bus rapid transit
- in transit
Word history
From Latin "trānseō" (transire).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.