admittance

(ăd-mĭt'ns)
n.

1. The act of admitting or entering.
2. 1. Permission to enter.
   2. Right of entry. See Usage Note at admission.
3. (Symbol Y) Electricity. The reciprocal of impedance.

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The ratio of the current to the voltage in an alternating-current circuit. In terms of complex current I and voltage V, the admittance of a circuit is given by Eq. (1), and is related to the impedance of the circuit Z by Eq. (2). Y is a complex number given by Eq. (3).
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G, the real part of the admittance, is the conductance of the circuit, and B, the imaginary part of the admittance, is the susceptance of the circuit. The units of admittance are called siemens or mhos (reciprocal ohms). See also Conductance; Susceptance.

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noun

1. The state of being allowed entry: admission, entrance, ingress, ingression, introduction, intromission. See accept/reject.
2. The right to enter or make use of: access, admission, entrance, entrée, entry, ingress. See enter/exit.

n

Definition: entry
Antonyms: exclusion

(symbol "Y") Measure of how easily AC will flow through a circuit. Admittance is the reciprocal of impedance and is measured in siemens.

IN BRIEF: The right to enter.

The journalist gained admittance to the meeting by showing a press card.

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See words rhyming with "admittance."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - adgang, adgangstilladelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
toelating

Français (French)
n. - admission, droit d'entrée, accès

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zulassung, Einlaß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - είσοδος, εισδοχή, άδεια εισόδου, (φυσ.) σύνθετη αγωγιμότητα

Italiano (Italian)
ammissione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - admissão (f), direito de ingresso (m)

Русский (Russian)
вход, доступ

Español (Spanish)
n. - admisión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inträde, tillträde

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
进入, 通道, 入场许可

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 進入, 通道, 入場許可

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 입장[허가]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 入場, 入場許可

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألإذن بالدخول, قبول, دخول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הכנסה, כניסה‬

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