1. past tense of transit; passed across or through a place
2. moved from one place to another, especially through an intermediate location
3. passed across the face of a celestial body
Usage: astronomy

Examples

• The comet transited across the night sky.
• Passengers transited through the airport on their way to Europe.
• Venus transited the sun in a rare astronomical event.
• The ship transited the canal without incident.
• We transited several time zones during our flight.
• The satellite transited over the polar region.