admittance

[ ad-mit-ns ]
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noun
  1. permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.

  2. an act of admitting.

  1. actual entrance.

  2. Electricity. the measure of the ability of a circuit to conduct an alternating current, consisting of two components, conductance and susceptance; the reciprocal of impedance, expressed in mhos. Symbol: Y

Origin of admittance

1
First recorded in 1535–45; admit + -ance

synonym study For admittance

1. See entrance1.

Other words for admittance

Other words from admittance

  • re·ad·mit·tance, noun

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How to use admittance in a sentence

  • Accompanied by her four little orphans, she recently gained admittance to Mr. Frick.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • When she reached the house, she saw that no one was at home; but, knowing where the key was kept, she easily gained admittance.

  • The gate itself, closed by enormous locks, had a wicket through which to examine those who asked admittance.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
  • Business was then proceeded with:—election of officers, admittance of new brethren, authorisation of indentures.

  • One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill-starred John was presently beating for admittance.

    Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for admittance

admittance

/ (ədˈmɪtəns) /


noun
  1. the right or authority to enter

  2. the act of giving entrance

  1. electrical engineering the reciprocal of impedance, usually measured in siemens. It can be expressed as a complex quantity, the real part of which is the conductance and the imaginary part the susceptance: Symbol: y

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Scientific definitions for admittance

admittance

[ ăd-mĭtns ]


  1. A measure of the ability of a circuit or component to allow current flow when exposed to AC voltages (its AC conductance). It is equal to the reciprocal of the impedance of the circuit, just as conductivity is equal to the reciprocal of resistance, and is similarly measured in mhos.

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