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Theodolite vs. Transit — What's the Difference?

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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