Meaning of ADIT
| Pronunciation: | | 'adit
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| | Definition: | | [n] a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine |
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| | See Also: | | mine, passage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad +
ire to go.]
1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly
horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which
water and ores are carried away; -- called also {drift}
and {tunnel}.
2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.
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| | Related Terms: | | access, admission, admittance, air lock, approach, channel, conduit, corridor, course, ditch, duct, egress, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, exit, gangplank, gangway, hall, in, ingress, inlet, intake, means of access, opening, passage, passageway, trench, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, vestibule, way, way in |
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