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reluctance
UK /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/ US /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/
noun 4
Definitions
noun
1
Unwillingness to do something.
Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.
2
Hesitancy in taking some action.
3
Defiance, disobedience.
No more be mention’d then of violence / Against our selves, and wilful barrenness, / That cuts us off fom hope, and favours onely / Rancor and pride, impatience and despite, / Reluctance against God and his just yoke / Laid on our Necks.
4
That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
That is to say, the total number of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero.
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