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Noun: transit instrument  'tran-sit 'in-stru-munt
  1. A telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
    "Astronomers used the transit instrument to precisely measure star positions"

Derived forms: transit instruments

Type of: scope [informal], telescope

Encyclopedia: Transit instrument