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Admittance

//ədˈmɪt.n̩s// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of admitting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of admitting someone to enter wordnet
  3. 3
    Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the right to enter wordnet
  5. 5
    Actual entrance, reception. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. British, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The reciprocal of impedance. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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