permittance

noun — 2 senses

permittance

noun

Etymology From permit + -ance.

1

The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.

  • Thus we see how this unclean permittance defeats the sacred and glorious end both of the moral and judicial law1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
2

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The power of a dielectric to permit or enhance induction.

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