Theodolite vs. Transit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Theodolite and Transit
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Theodolite
A theodolite is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. The traditional use has been for land surveying, but they are also used extensively for building and infrastructure construction, and some specialized applications such as meteorology and rocket launching.It consists of a moveable telescope mounted so it can rotate around horizontal and vertical axes and provide angular readouts.
Transit
The carrying of people or things from one place to another
A painting was damaged in transit
Theodolite
An optical instrument consisting of a small mounted telescope rotatable in horizontal and vertical planes, used to measure angles in surveying.
Transit
The action of passing through or across a place
Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize
Theodolite
A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
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Transit
Pass across or through (an area)
The new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal
Theodolite
An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.
Transit
The act of passing over, across, or through; passage.
Theodolite
A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Transit
Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system.
Transit
The system or vehicles used for such conveyance.
Transit
A transition or change, as to a spiritual existence at death.
Transit
The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian.
Transit
The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Transit
A surveying instrument similar to a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
Transit
To pass over, across, or through
Aircraft transiting the United States and Canada.
Transit
(Astronomy) To make a transit across (a celestial body as perceived by an observer), as a planet passing between the sun and Earth.
Transit
To revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.
Transit
To make a transit.
Transit
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
Transit
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
Transit
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Transit
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
Transit
(navigation) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
Transit
(British) A Ford Transit van, see Transit.
Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel.
Transit
(North America) Public transport system.
I always take the transit to work.
Transit
To pass over, across or through something.
Transit
To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
Transit
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
Transit
To make a transit.
Transit
(Internet) To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
Transit
The act of passing; passage through or over.
In France you are now . . . in the transit from one form of government to another.
Transit
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
Transit
A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.
Transit
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
Transit
An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; - called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
Transit
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
Transit
A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Transit
A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Transit
A journey usually by ship;
The outward passage took 10 days
Transit
Make a passage or journey from one place to another
Transit
Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place);
The comet will transit on September 11
Transit
Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
Transit
Cause or enable to pass through;
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
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