Transit-instrument


noun
1.
Astronomy. meridian circle.
2.
Surveying. transit (def 6a).
transit instrument
noun
1.
an astronomical instrument, mounted on an E-W axis, in which the reticle of a telescope is always in the plane of the meridian. It is used to time the transit of a star, etc, across the meridian

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