admittance

== English == === Alternative forms === admittaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From admit +‎ -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ === Noun === admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances) The act of admitting. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance. Actual entrance, reception. (British, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. (physics) The reciprocal of impedance. ==== Synonyms ==== admission, access, entrance, initiation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.mi.tɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === admittance f (plural admittances) (physics) admittance (the reciprocal of impedance) === Further reading === “admittance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012