PRIME-VERTICAL TRANSIT

Meaning of PRIME-VERTICAL TRANSIT in English

noun

: a transit instrument mounted so that its telescope revolves in the plane of the prime vertical

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VERTICAL — adj vertical
Interlingua English vocab
PRIME — adj first, prime; numero prime prime number; materias prime raw materials; a prime vista at first sight; de prime ordine …
Interlingua English vocab
VERTICAL — I. ˈvər]d.]ə̇kəl, ˈvə̄], ˈvəi], ]t], ]ēk-\ adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticalis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRANSIT — I. ˈtran(t)sə̇t, ˈtraan-, -nzə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin transitus, from transitus, past participle of transire to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIME — I. ˈprīm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English prīm, from Latin prima ( hora ) first …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRANSIT — (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
Английский словарь Webster
PRIME — (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
Английский словарь Webster
TRANSIT — ( n. ) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIME — ( a. ) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VERTICAL — — verticality, verticalness, verticalism , n. — vertically , adv. /verr"ti keuhl/ , adj. 1. being in a position or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRANSIT — /tran"sit, -zit/ , n. , v. , transited, transiting . n. 1. the act or fact of passing across or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIME — — primeness , n. /pruym/ , adj., n., v., primed, priming . adj. 1. of the first importance; demanding the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIME — I. ˈprīm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English prīm, from Latin prima hora first hour Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERTICAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin verticalis, from Latin vertic-, vertex Date: 1559 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERTICAL — noun vertical position; zenith. 2. vertical ·noun a vertical line, plane, or circle. 3. vertical ·adj perpendicular to the plane …
Webster English vocab
TRANSIT — noun the act of passing; passage through or over. 2. transit ·vt to pass over the disk of (a heavenly …
Webster English vocab
PRIME — adj lecherous; lustful; lewd. 2. prime ·adj to mark with a prime mark. 3. prime ·adj to trim or prune, …
Webster English vocab
VERTICAL — [ver.ti.cal] adj [MF or LL; MF, fr. LL verticalis, fr. L vertic-, vertex] (1559) 1 a: situated at the highest …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRANSIT — [tran.sit] n [ME transite, fr. L transitus, fr. transire to go across, pass] (15c) 1 a: an act, process, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIME — [prime] n [ME, fr. OE prim, fr. L prima hora first hour] (bef. 12c) 1 a often cap: the second …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRANSIT — any of the first series of U.S. navigation satellites. Launched by the U.S. Navy in 196061, the Transit satellites were …
Britannica English vocabulary
VERTICAL — vertical BrE AmE ˈvɜːt ɪk ə l AmE \ ˈvɝːt̬- ▷ vertical|ly ‿i ▷ vertical|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRANSIT — trans|it BrE AmE ˈtræn t s |ɪt ˈtrɑːn t s-, ˈtrænz-, ˈtrɑːnz-, § -ət AmE ˈtræn t s |ət ˈtrænz- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRIME — prime, Prime BrE AmE praɪm —in the phrase prime minister also ( ˌ ) praɪ ▷ primed praɪmd ▷ primes …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VERTICAL — / ˈvɜːtɪkl; NAmE ˈvɜːrt-/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of a line, pole, etc. ) going straight up …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRANSIT — / ˈtrænzɪt; NAmE ; -sɪt/ noun 1. [ U ] the process of being moved or carried from one place …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIME — / praɪm; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. main; most important; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERTICAL — I. ver ‧ ti ‧ cal 1 /ˈvɜːtɪk ə l $ ˈvɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRANSIT — tran ‧ sit AC /ˈtrænsət, ˈtrænsɪt, -zət/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: transitus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIME — I. prime 1 AC /praɪm/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VERTICAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 at right angles to a horizontal plane, perpendicular. 2 in a direction from top to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRANSIT — n. & v. --n. 1 the act or process of going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. over a distance (transit …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRIME — adj. & n. --adj. 1 chief, most important (the prime agent; the prime motive). 2 (esp. of cattle and provisions) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VERTICAL — adj. & n. adj. 1 at right angles to a horizontal plane, perpendicular. 2 in a direction from top to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRANSIT — n. & v. n. 1 the act or process of going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. over a distance (transit …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRIME — adj. & n. adj. 1 chief, most important (the prime agent; the prime motive). 2 (esp. of cattle and provisions) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VERTICAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. at right angles to a horizontal plane, perpendicular. 2 in a direction from top to …
Oxford English vocab
TRANSIT — n. & v. --n. 1. the act or process of going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. over a distance (transit …
Oxford English vocab
PRIME — 1. adj. & n. --adj. 1. chief, most important (the prime agent; the prime motive). 2 (esp. of cattle and …
Oxford English vocab
VERTICAL — 1. Something that is vertical stands or points straight up. The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRANSIT — 1. Transit is the carrying of goods or people by vehicle from one place to another. During their talks, the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIME — ( primes, priming, primed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERTICAL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sheer/vertical cliff (= straight up and down rather than sloping ) ▪ Sheer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRANSIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a transit visa (= a visa that allows you to pass through a particular country …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIME — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a classic/perfect/prime example (= very typical ) ▪ This is a classic example of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VERTICAL — [adjective] - standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface or lineBy the …
Cambridge English vocab
TRANSIT — [noun] [U] - the movement of goods or people from one place to anotherThe question is whether road transit is …
Cambridge English vocab
PRIME — (PREPARE) [verb] [T] - to prepare (something) so that it is ready for the next stage in a processTo prime …
Cambridge English vocab
TRANSIT — Synonyms and related words : about-face, alchemy, alteration, assimilation, assumption, astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, becoming, bevel, bevel protractor, bevel …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIME — Bang up. Quite the thing. Excellent. Well done. She's a prime piece; she is very skilful in the venereal act. …
Slang English vocab
VERTICAL — INDEX: 1. standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down 2. to put something into a vertical position RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRIME — n. 25B6; adjective his prime reason for leaving : MAIN, chief, key, primary, central, principal, foremost, first, most important, paramount, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRANSIT — n. 1 moving, movement, travel, travelling, motion, passing, progress, progression, transition; passage, traverse, traversal, traversing We were unable to mail …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRIME — adj. 1 See primary, 1, above. 2 best, foremost, chief; first-rate, first-class, choice, select, superior, pre-eminent, leading, ranking, predominant, unparalleled, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VERTICAL — 1. прил. 1) вертикальный Syn : perpendicular, plumb, upright Ant : flat, horizontal, prone, prostrate, supine 2) отвесный Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRANSIT — 1. сущ. 1) проезд или перевозка during/in transit ≈ во время перевозки rapid transit ≈ городской общественный транспорт 2) перемена; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRIME — 1. сущ. 1) начало а)утренние часы, рассвет б) начальная стадия (чего-л.); начальный этап (процесса) в) поэт.; перен. весна; молодость 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERTICAL — vertical.ogg 1. ʹvɜ:tık(ə)l n 1. мат. , физ. 1> вертикаль, вертикальная или отвесная линия 2> (the vertical) перпендикуляр 2. астр. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRANSIT — 1. ʹtræn|sıt,-ʹtrænzıt n 1. 1> проезд, прохождение overland transit - проезд по суше rapid transit - быстрый переезд transit across …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRIME — prime.ogg _I 1. praım n 1. 1> начало, начальный период 2> поэт. весна ( тж. the prime of the year) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VERTICAL — 1) вертикаль || вертикальный 2) вертикальный элемент ( решётки фермы ) ; стойка; подвеска • to leave the vertical — …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TRANSIT — 1) перевозка; доставка 2) амер. городской транспорт 3) нефт. перекачка 4) пролёт ( частиц ) 5) перенос ( заряда ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
VERTICAL — 1) вертикаль || вертикальный 2) вертикальный элемент (решётки фермы); стойка; подвеска • to leave the vertical — отклоняться от вертикали (напр. о буровом …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TRANSIT — 1) перевозка; доставка 2) амер. городской транспорт 3) нефт. перекачка 4) пролёт (частиц) 5) перенос (заряда) 6) транзит || транзитный 7) (маршрутный) теодолит 8) поворачивать горизонтальный круг …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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