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admittance

noun

  1. reciprocal of the complex impedance
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/

noun

Etymology: From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.

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