The Clue
Train or subway (7 letter answer)
The Answer
TRANSIT
Tags
Notes
The answer TRANSIT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.
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Definition
TRANSIT as a noun:
1. (theodolite, transit) = a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
2. (transportation system, transportation, transit) = a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
3. (passage, transit) = a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
TRANSIT as a verb:
1. (transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over) = make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert"
2. pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place); "The comet will transit on September 11"
3. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
4. cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"