English Explanatory Dictionary

admittance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of admitting.
  2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  3. Actual entrance, reception.
  4. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  5. The reciprocal of impedance.

Pronunciation

/ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-admittance.wav

Word forms

admittance admittances admittaunce

Etymology

From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.

Synonyms

admission access entrance initiation

Derived words

acoustic admittance air admittance vent coadmittance immittance preadmittance readmittance transadmittance
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