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TRANSIT INSTRUMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transit instrument mean? 

TRANSIT INSTRUMENT (noun)
  The noun TRANSIT INSTRUMENT has 1 sense:

1. a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridianplay

  Familiarity information: TRANSIT INSTRUMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRANSIT INSTRUMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("transit instrument" is a kind of...):

scope; telescope (a magnifier of images of distant objects)


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