adjective
also ad·mis·sa·ble ədˈmisəbəl also ad-
Etymology: admissible from French, from Medieval Latin admissibilis, from Latin admissus + -ibilis -ible; admissable, alteration of admissible
1.
a. : capable of being allowed or conceded : allowable
retelling the story, if done by a gifted writer, was felt to be admissible — N.A.McQuown
a kind of speculation that was admissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine — Benjamin Farrington
Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are all admissible philosophies — C.P.Fitzgerald
the difficulty would be lessened if entries in books of account were admissible as prima-facie evidence — B.N.Cardozo
b. of a logical or mathematical value : capable of producing a meaningful expression when substituted for a variable
in the sentence “ X is tall”, John is an admissible substitute for X but two is not
2. : entitled or worthy to be admitted
handicapped persons admissible to industrial employment
foreign products admissible to the domestic market
hearsay evidence is not ordinarily admissible in court