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• adit — index access (right of way), entrance, entry (entrance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• adit — (n.) entrance, c.1600, from L. aditus approach, entrance, a going to or drawing near, from pp. stem of adire to approach, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + ire to go, from PIE root *ei to go (see ION (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• Adit — 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}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Adit Nunatak — (coord|65|54|S|62|48|W|) is a nunatak 3 miles (4.8 km) west northwest of Mount Alibi on the north side of Leppard Glacier, in Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named adit (an entrance) by United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• entrance — I noun access, adit, aditus, admission, anteroom, approach, door, entry, entryway, foyer, gangway, gate, gateway, illapse, infiltration, influx, ingress, inlet, inroad, insertion, introgression, introitus, invasion, lobby, means of access, means… …   Law dictionary

• entrance — [n1] a way into a place access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door, doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold,… …   New thesaurus

• adit — [ad′it] n. [L aditus, pp. of adire, to approach < ad , to + ire, to go: see EXIT] an approach or entrance; specif., an almost horizontal passageway into a mine …   English World dictionary

• Adit — Gated entrance of an abandoned adit near Medford, Oregon, USA …   Wikipedia

• adit — /ad it/, n. 1. an entrance or a passage. 2. Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine. 3. an approach or access. [1595 1605; < L aditus an approach, equiv. to ad AD + i (s. of ire to go) + tus suffix of v. action] …   Universalium

• entrance — Synonyms and related words: access, adit, admission, admittance, air lock, anesthetize, aperture, appearance, approach, arrival, attract, becharm, beginning, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, channel, charm, coming, coming in …   Moby Thesaurus

• adit — /ˈædət/ (say aduht) noun 1. an entrance or a passage. 2. Mining a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine used as an entrance or for drainage or ventilation. 3. access. {Latin aditus approach} …