immittance
9.9
A measure of how a circuit resists or allows electricity to flow
- noun
- /ɪˈmɪtəns/
- Specialized
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inmittancia
- Understanding the imittance of a circuit helps engineers design better audio equipment.
- acoustic immittance
Examples
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Tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing were done with a Virtual Corporation Model 310 aural acoustic immittance system.
Academic text (1993) -
To obtain impedance measurements in both patients, we used a GSI 33 immittance bridge and a 226-Hz probe tone for tympanometry.
Academic text (2005) -
Audiologic and immittance findings excluded middle-ear and retro-cochlear pathology.
Academic text (1993) -
The doctor used an imittance meter to evaluate the patient's middle ear function.
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The study focused on the imittance properties of various materials in audio technology.
Surface Forms
immittance singular
immittances plural
Etymology
Immittance was made by joining the words impedance ('to block') and admittance ('to allow in'). So immittance is a single term that shows both how a circuit blocks and how it lets electrical current through.
