admittance
admittance Lexical Profile
admittance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The act or process of entering a physical place, or the right or permission to enter.
"The security guard refused them admittance to the laboratory because they lacked proper credentials."
A measure of how easily an electric circuit or device will allow an alternating current to flow, defined as the reciprocal of electrical impedance.
"The electrical engineer calculated the total admittance of the parallel circuit in siemens."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'admittance' and 'admission' both refer to the right to enter a place, 'admittance' is strictly limited to physical entry (as in 'No Admittance' signs) and is not used for confessions or acceptance into an institution.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 15th century from the verb 'admit' (from Latin 'admittere', meaning 'to let in') combined with the noun suffix '-ance'. The electrical engineering sense was coined by English physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887 as the reciprocal of impedance.