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
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: tap: a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: ommatidium: any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: united states army rangers: a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: vasodilation: dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: 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
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: commons: a pasture subject to common use
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: 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
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: pencil: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: nation: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Broader: telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects | Unrelated: hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will