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 meridian

  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)