Hyphenation of transit

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word transit? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

tran-sit

Definitions of transit:

1.	A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
2.	A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
3.	A journey usually by ship The outward passage took 10 days
4.	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
5.	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
6.	Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
7.	Cause or enable to pass through The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day

Synonyms of transit:

noun	theodolite, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument
noun	transportation system, transportation, facility, installation
noun	passage, journey, journeying
verb	pass through, pass across, pass over, pass, go through, go across
verb	pass, go through, go across
verb	roll, revolve
verb	bring, convey, take

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.