transit instrument

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Definitions of transit instrument words

noun transit instrument Astronomy. meridian circle. 1
noun transit instrument Surveying. transit (def 6a). 1
noun transit instrument an astronomical instrument, mounted on an E-W axis, in which the reticle of a telescope is always in the plane of the meridian. It is used to time the transit of a star, etc, across the meridian 0
noun transit instrument a telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal east-west axis so that it can be rotated only in the vertical plane of the meridian at its site: used to observe and time the transit of celestial bodies across the meridian 0
noun transit instrument transit (sense 3) 0

before 1805

One of the 41% newest English words

First recorded in 1805-15

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