admittance

[ ad-mit-ns ]

/ ædˈmɪt ns /

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noun

permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.

actual entrance.

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

Nearby words

admiring, admissible, admission, admissive, admit, admittance, admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture, admonish

Origin of admittance

First recorded in 1585–95; admit + -ance

SYNONYMS FOR admittance

1 access. See entrance¹.

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Related forms

re·ad·mit·tance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for admittance

admittance

/ (ədˈmɪtəns) /

noun

the right or authority to enter

the act of giving entrance

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 susceptanceSymbol: y

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Science definitions for admittance

admittance

[ ăd-mĭt′ns ]

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.