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Transit may refer to:Transitguru a very popular public transit site on the world wide web

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Transportation

  • Astronomical transit, when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point
  • Ford Transit, a van made by the Ford Motor Company
  • Public transport, 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
  • A specialized type of Theodolite used in surveying.

Other uses

  • Transit, Canadian shoe retailer now operating under the name Spring
  • Astrological transit, are the comparison and evaluation of planets in their current position in relation to those on a Natal Chart.
  • Transit, a 1992 novel by Ben Aaronovitch based on the TV series Doctor Who
  • 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