reluctance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Unwillingness to do something.
Hesitancy in taking some action.
Defiance, disobedience.
That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/ en-us-reluctance.ogg

reluctance reluctances

From reluct + -ance.

reluctant adjective reluctantly adverb

reluctance cartridge reluctance motor reluctor unreluctance

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