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| Domain | Definition |
Shipping | In transit, or in passage. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Transference | On the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Marriage in Transit (1925) Lost in Transit (1917) Delayed in Transit (1917) In Transition: A Poetic Encounter In Hong Kong In Transit (1997) Little Women in Transit (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner EARNEST. This picture was probably taken on the East Coast while in transit to the Pacific Coast in 1878. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | [Livestock in transit, Harbin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | In transit. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Traffic jam in transit strike. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Sheep in transit. Oneida County, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Herders in transit putting their sheep up for the night at a ranch on the Resettlement Administration grazing project in central Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The former Colonel Smith ranch, now the property of the Resettlement Administration. It is the favorite stopover place for sheep in transit. Central Oregon grazing project. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Goods in transit shall be exempt from all Customs or other similar duties. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | While a medium-sized company also confronts this problem, other issues to be faced include the protection of valuables in transit. (references) | |
Solar electric/PV equipment has a wide variety of end users including power supply in commercial or domestic buildings, telecoms power supply in remote areas, water pumping, refrigeration of medical supplies or food in transit, aircraft obstruction lighting and fog warning systems. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | Migrants from economically disadvantaged countries in Central and Eastern Europe often enter the country to take up illegal residency or in transit to other countries. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Many had left the Vanni region with the intention of proceeding south; they opted for other destinations only after learning that they would have to remain in transit camps until security clearances for southward travel were obtained. (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | The growth in transit trade is placing tremendous strain on a transportation structure not designed for such use. (references) |
Human Rights | Cameroon | The incident occurred at "Tropicana," a Yaounde neighborhood where truck drivers in transit park their vehicles. (references) |
India | Several thousand others are held in short-term (1-day to 6-months' duration) confinement in transit and interrogation centers. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Although the army in some instances took steps to convert Tamil militia groups into regular army units, military oversight of these groups remained inadequate, and complaints about them continued, especially in Batticaloa and in transit camps for internally displaced person (IDP's) in Vavuniya. (references) | |
Political Economy | Venezuela | The Government ignored some refugees or described them as "displaced persons in transit," restricting their ability to request asylum. (references) |
Trade | Switzerland | Liquid fuels in transit are also stored. (references) |
Senegal | Bonded warehouses exist for goods in transit to neighboring countries. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Members of airline crews, infants (under the age of 2), and passengers in transit less than 24 hours are exempt from paying this fee. (references) |
South Africa | A visa is not required for regular passport holders on bona fide holiday or business visits for periods of up to 90 days or in transit. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | The exact number of those in transit is unknown. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "IN TRANSIT": goods in transit by inland waterways throughout ♦ goods in transit by road throughout ♦ traffic in transit. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "IN TRANSIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transit, gjatë rrugës (along the way, en route, on one's way, with a through passage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عابر (ephemeral, fleeting, parlous, passing, precarious, sneak, stealthy, tenuous, transient, transitory), الإنتقال. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přechodnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | transport af udenlandske varer i transit på det nationale område (transporting foreign goods in transit on the national territory), told-og paskontrol i toget (customs and passport formalities in transit), retten til uhindret transitpassage (right of unhindered passage in transit), forbud vedroerende transit (prohibitions on goods in transit), bestemmelserne i artiklerne er ikke til hinder for forbud vedroerende transit (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vervoer van buitenlandse goederen in doorvoer over het nationale grondgebied (transporting foreign goods in transit on the national territory), verboden van doorvoer (prohibitions on goods in transit), recht van ongehinderde doorvaart (right of unhindered passage in transit), douane-en passenonderzoek gedurende de rit (customs and passport formalities in transit), de bepalingen van de artikelen vormen geen beletsel voor doorvoerverboden (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en transit (in transitu). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zoll- und Passkontrolle im fahrenden Zuge (customs and passport formalities in transit), Unterwegskontrolle der Zoll- und Polizeibehörden (customs and passport formalities in transit), Recht auf ungehinderte Durchfahrt (right of unhindered passage in transit), Durchfuhrverbote (prohibitions on goods in transit), die Bestimmungen der Artikel stehen Durchfuhrverboten nicht entgegen (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit), Beförderung ausländischer Waren als Durchfuhr durch das Wirtschaftsgebiet (transporting foreign goods in transit on the national territory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλεγχος διαβατηρίων και τελωνειακός έλεγχος εν κινήσει (customs and passport formalities in transit), μεταφορά αγαθών ξένης προέλευσης που βρίσκονται υπό καθεστώς διαμετακόμισης στην οικονομική επικράτεια της χώρας (transporting foreign goods in transit on the national territory), απαγορεύσεις διαμετακομίσεων (prohibitions on goods in transit), οι διατάξεις των άρθρων...δεν αντιτίθενται στις απαγορεύσεις διαμετακομίσεων (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit), δικαίωμα ακώλυτης διέλευσης (right of unhindered passage in transit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | במעבר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | úton (en route, on the way, to be under way, to hack along the road, to waylay, under sail, under way, underway), átutazóban. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasportare beni esteri in transito sul territorio nazionale (transporting foreign goods in transit on the national territory), le disposizioni degli articoli lasciano impregiudicati i divieti di transito (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit), divieti di transito (prohibitions on goods in transit), diritto di passaggio in transito (right of unhindered passage in transit), controllo doganale e di polizia in corso di viaggio (customs and passport formalities in transit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo-raad (en route; branch, en route; branch of road, in motion, on the road, secondary road, started, under way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay ansittray em trânsito (in transitu). (various references) проездом. (various references) u prolazu (en passant, passing: in passing, passingly, transit: in transit). (various references) en tránsito. (various references) på genomresa (in transitu). (various references) transit olarak. (various references) у дорозі. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: intrants. | |
-2 letters: instant, intrant, titians, transit. | |
-3 letters: artist, instar, isatin, raisin, santir, strain, strait, strati, taints, tanist, titans, titian, trains, traits. | |
-4 letters: airns, airts, antis, astir, intis, naris, rains, ranis, rants, riant, saint, sarin, satin, sitar, stain, stair, start, stint, stria, tains, taint, tarns, tarsi, tarts, tints, titan, titis, train, trait, trans. | |
-5 letters: ains, airn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: intrigants, itinerants, ministrant, nitrations, transiting, transition. | |
+2 letters: antitarnish, interstrain, intriguants, ministrants, nonartistic, reinstating, straitening, transfinite, transitions. | |
+3 letters: administrant, incrustation, instauration, integrations, interactions, interstation, interstrains, intransigent, intransitive, itinerations, ministration, orientations, strontianite, terminations, transitional, transmitting. | |
+4 letters: administrants, antifrictions, antimodernist, antineutrinos, antiromantics, antithrombins, eternizations, incrustations, indoctrinates, infiltrations, ingratiations, instaurations, instructional, intenerations, internalities, intransigeant, intransigents, intricateness, malnutritions, ministrations, notarizations, reinfestation, straightening, strontianites, transactinide, transcription, transpiration, transposition, trephinations, uncertainties. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E      54 52 41 4E 53 49 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010011 01001001 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N   T R A N S I T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E      0054 0052 0041 004E 0053 0049 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4348254523548534354 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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