What does "transiting" mean?

The process by which something undergoes transit; an act of conveyance.

What is a synonym for "transiting"?

Common synonyms include: passage, theodolite, about face, about-face, alchemy, alteration.

Transiting

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The process by which something undergoes transit; an act of conveyance. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of transit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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passage theodolite about face about-face alchemy alteration

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"The study of worlds outside our solar system will be continued by future spacecraft, such as NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and James Webb Space Telescope."

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