Transit Instrument Definition

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A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal east-west axis so that it can be rotated only in the vertical plane of the meridian at its site: used to observe and time the transit of celestial bodies across the meridian.
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transit instrument
Plural:
transit instruments

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