Admittance
/ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of admitting. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of admitting someone to enter wordnet
- 3 Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance. countable, uncountable
- 4 the right to enter wordnet
- 5 Actual entrance, reception. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. British, countable, uncountable
- 7 The reciprocal of impedance. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"No admittance during the performance."
Etymology
From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.