Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 20 compound words that contain transit. The most common are listed below. Open transit in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- Transit time
- mass transitA large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles.
- public transitPublic transport.
- rapid transitA commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others.
- Transit system
- Transit Systems
- bus rapid transitA form of rapid transit using buses, which have dedicated rights-of-way or laneways, purpose-built bus stations, and dedicated traffic signalling.
- transit loungeA waiting room at an (international) airport for passengers changing flights, or for long-haul passengers who have to leave their aircraft while it is serviced and refuelled (in both cases for passengers who haven't finished their journey).
- transit busA bus which carries people across a city.
- transit laneA freeway lane reserved for vehicles with a set minimum number of occupants.
- transit instrumentAn astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east-and-west axis.
- transit lanesplural of transit lane: A freeway lane reserved for vehicles with a set minimum number of occupants.
- transit telescopeSynonym of transit instrument: An astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east-and-west axis.
- light rail transitSynonym of light rail: A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by …
- transit instrumentsplural of transit instrument: An astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east-and-west axis.
- transit tetanySynonym of transport tetany: An often fatal disease of livestock, caused by the stress of prolonged transport in hot and crowded vehicles, and characterized by restlessness, excitement, trismus, tooth-grinding, staggering, etc.
- transit busesplural of transit bus: A bus which carries people across a city.
- transit telescopesplural of transit telescope: An astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east-and-west axis.
- transit loungesplural of transit lounge: A waiting room at an (international) airport for passengers changing flights, or for long-haul passengers who have to leave their aircraft while it is serviced and refuelled (in both cases for passengers who …
- transit bussesplural of transit bus: A bus which carries people across a city.
- interval transit timeThe amount of time required for a wave to travel a specific distance, proportional to the reciprocal of velocity.
- interval transit timesplural of interval transit time: The amount of time required for a wave to travel a specific distance, proportional to the reciprocal of velocity.
- bowel transit timeThe amount of time that it takes for food to travel from the mouth to the end of the intestine.
- colonic transit timeThe amount of time required for a substance to travel through the colon.
- colonic transit timesplural of colonic transit time: The amount of time required for a substance to travel through the colon.
Compound words 20
- paratransitAn auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.
- transitwayA route designed for use by public transport, such as a busway or light rail.
- transitwiseIn terms of public transit.
- antitransitOpposed to or against public transit (public transport).
- microtransitPrivately-operated services providing an alternative to public transport, somewhat more tailored to the individual passenger (but not to the extent of a private taxicab); for example, passengers might be expected to join the vehicle at …
- nontransitNot of or pertaining to transit.
- protransitIn favour of public transport.
- transiterOne who or that which transits.
- transitologyThe study of the process of change from one political regime to another.
- transitionThe process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.