Usually means: Telescope for measuring celestial positions.
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  1. transit instrument: Merriam-Webster
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▸ noun:  An astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east-and-west axis.

Similar:
transit, altazimuth, equatorial, universal instrument, tellurion, standard, meridian, alt-azimuth, theodolite, cosmolabe, more...

Opposite:
zenith telescope, meridicircle, altitude instrument

Phrases:
prime-vertical transit instrument, prime vertical transit instrument, more...

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Similar:
transit, altazimuth, equatorial, universal instrument, tellurion, standard, meridian, alt-azimuth, theodolite, cosmolabe, more...

Opposite:
zenith telescope, meridicircle, altitude instrument

Phrases:
prime-vertical transit instrument, prime vertical transit instrument, more...



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