quadrant vs transit

quadrant

noun
  • A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude. 

  • One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°. 

  • One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. 

  • One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule. 

  • One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. 

transit

noun
  • A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles. 

  • 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. 

  • The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body. 

  • A Ford Transit van, see Transit. 

  • Public transport system. 

  • The act of passing over, across, or through something. 

  • The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance. 

verb
  • To pass over, across or through something. 

  • 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. 

  • To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction. 

  • To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles. 

  • To make a transit. 

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