Transit may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world * ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 film about Russian and American pilots in World War II * ''Transit'' (2012 film), an American thriller * ''Transit'' (2013 film), a Filipino independent film * ''Transit'' (2018 film), a German film

Literature

* ''Transit'' (Cooper novel), a 1964 science fiction by Edmund Cooper * ''Transit'' (Seghers novel), a 1944 novel by Anna Seghers * ''Transit'' (Aaronovitch novel), a 1992 novel by Ben Aaronovitch based on the TV series ''Doctor Who''

Music

* Transit (band), an American emo band from Boston, Massachusetts * ''Transit'' (Ira Stein and Russel Walder album), an album by acoustic duo Ira Stein and Russel Walder, released 1986 * ''Transit'' (Sponge Cola album) * ''Transit'' (A. J. Croce album) * '' Transit Transit'', an album by the band Autolux * Transit (rapper), real name Dan Bennett, Canadian indie hip-hop artist

Science and technology

Computing

Internet transit Internet transit is the service of allowing network traffic to cross or "transit" a computer network, usually used to connect a smaller Internet service provider (ISP) to the larger Internet. Technically, it consists of two bundled services: * The ...

, one of two mechanisms by which Internet traffic is exchanged between internet service providers * Transit Format, a format libraries conveying for values between applications written in different programming languages

Astronomy, navigation, and surveying

Transit (astronomy) In astronomy, a transit (or astronomical transit) is a phenomenon when a celestial body passes directly between a larger body and the observer. As viewed from a particular vantage point, the transiting body appears to move across the face of th ...

, the apparent motion of one celestial body across the face of another celestial body or meridian *

Transit telescope In astronomy, a transit instrument is a small telescope with extremely precisely graduated mount used for the precise observation of star positions. They were previously widely used in astronomical observatories and naval observatories to meas ...

, a special-purpose telescope mounted so as to point only at objects transiting the local meridian * A specialized type of

theodolite A theodolite () is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. The traditional use has been for land surveying, but it is also used extensively for building an ...

used in surveying *

Transit (satellite) The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS (for ''Navy Navigation Satellite System''), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The radio navigation system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurat ...

, the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally *

Navigational transit Piloting or pilotage is the process of navigating on water or in the air using fixed points of reference on the sea or on land, usually with reference to a nautical chart or aeronautical chart to obtain a fix of the position of the vessel or air ...

, when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in line

Transportation

Transit (app) Transit is a mobile app providing real-time public transit data. The app functions in over 175 metropolitan areas around the world. Transit was designed for aggregating and mapping real-time public transit data, crowdsourcing user data to determin ...

, a mobile application for public transportation trip planning *

Transit bus Transit may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world * ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 ...

, a type of bus used on shorter-distance public transport bus services *

Public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...

systems, sometimes called 'mass transit', 'public transit', or simply 'transit', in which passengers are carried in large numbers using shared vehicles. * Ford Transit, a Ford Motor Company van * ''Transit'' (ship), the name given to the three sailing vessels designed and built for Captain Richard Hall Gower *

TransIT Transit may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world * ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 ...

, a bus service in Frederick County, Maryland

Other uses

* Transit, Canadian shoe retailer now operating under the name Spring *

Transit hotel A transit hotel is a short-stay hotel that is situated in the transit zone of international airports, where passengers on extended waits between planes (typically a minimum of six hours) can stay while waiting for their next flight. The hotel is ...