Term: transit instrument: a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
Candidate hypernym: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects → 1
Candidate hypernym: tap: a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads → 0
Candidate hypernym: ommatidium: any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods → 0
Candidate hypernym: united states army rangers: a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army → 0
Candidate hypernym: vasodilation: dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries) → 0
Candidate hypernym: creutzfeldt-jakob disease: rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control → 0
Candidate hypernym: commons: a pasture subject to common use → 0
Candidate hypernym: mandarin: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: pencil: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point → 0
Candidate hypernym: nation: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will → 0