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  • noun Plural form of transit.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transit.

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Examples

  • See's kaleidoscopic saga transits from the barbaric horrors of Japanese occupation to the sobering indignities suffered by foreigners in 1930s Hollywood while offering a buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood.

    Shanghai Girls: Summary and book reviews of Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. 2009

  • Even in the absence of a direct relationship to these houses (be it the absence of Saturn, Mars, Pluto in the opposition; the planets in opposition not ruling the eighth nor tenth house; planets not resident in Capricorn nor Scorpio) there will still be transits from the planets that do rule over them.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Such a wobble shows up as a change in the time between two transits, which is how long it takes the planet to make one orbit.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The spacecraft looks for starlight dips, or "transits," that occur when a planet passes in front of a star.

    Telescope offers hope for new life in the cosmos 2011

  • Kepler finds alien planets that pass in front of their host stars, picking up on the tiny brightness dips that occur when such "transits" take place.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Shelbourn and Johnson estimated there are less than 20 individuals who are chronically homeless, but this doesn't include "transits," or homeless drifters who come through Meridian for a few weeks and then move on to another city or state.

    Leader Call Homepage 2010

  • A Pandora-type moon could be identified when its planet "transits" across the face of the parent star.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • A Pandora-type moon could be identified when its planet "transits" across the face of the parent star.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • A Pandora-type moon could be identified when its planet "transits" across the face of the parent star.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • A Pandora-type moon could be identified when its planet "transits" across the face of the parent star.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

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