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transit

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Also known as: American transit, U.S. transit, repeating theodolite, repeating transit

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theodolite

In theodolite
The transit is a variety of theodolite that has the telescope so mounted that it can be completely reversed, or transited. The phototheodolite, a combination camera and theodolite mounted on the same tripod, is used in terrestrial photogrammetry for mapmaking and other purposes.
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