transiting

Pluraltransitings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of transit.

   The probe is transiting the outer edge of the solar system.

   Goods transiting the border now face stricter inspection rules.

   Note

   The -ing form of a verb that works with or without an object. With be it builds the progressive. A probe is transiting the solar system, taking the place it crosses as a direct object with no preposition, or it is simply transiting, making a transit. Once it takes the and of, as in the transiting of goods, it has become the noun for conveyance. In Internet usage it also means carrying another network's traffic for payment.

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The process by which something is carried or conveyed from one place to another; an act of conveyance.

   The transiting of perishable goods requires refrigerated containers.

   Insurance covers any damage that occurs during the transiting of the shipment.

   Similartransport, transportation, conveyance, carriage

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