admittance

English

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Etymology

From admit +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances)

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

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.tɑ̃s/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

admittance f (plural admittances)

  1. (physics) admittance (the reciprocal of impedance)

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