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Admittance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Admittance has 2 senses
- admittance(n = noun.attribute) access, accession, admission, entree - the right to enter; Array is a kind of right
- admittance(n = noun.act) admission - the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" is a kind of entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress
has particulars: door
Derived form verb admit3
has particulars: readmission, matric, matriculation
CIDE DICTIONARY
Admittance, n.
- The act of admitting. [1913 Webster]
- Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception. [1913 Webster]"To gain admittance into the house." [1913 Webster]"He desires admittance to the king." [1913 Webster]"To give admittance to a thought of fear." [1913 Webster]
- Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Admissibility. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Admission; access; entrance; initiation.
Admittance, n.
The reciprocal of impedance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Admittance, n.
1 the right or process of admitting or being admitted, usu. to a place (no admittance except on business).
2 Electr. the reciprocal of impedance.
1 the right or process of admitting or being admitted, usu. to a place (no admittance except on business).
2 Electr. the reciprocal of impedance.
Usage
A more formal and technical word than admission.
ROGET THESAURUS
Admittance
Reception
N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.
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