Pronunciation : Ad"it
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. aditus, fr. adire, , to go to; ad + ire to go.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913