reluctance (noun)
1reluctance — ► NOUN ▪ unwillingness or disinclination to do something …
2reluctance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, extreme, great, marked ▪ a certain ▪ I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers. ▪ …
3Reluctance — Re*luc tance (r? l?k tans), Reluctancy Re*luc tan*cy ( tan s?), n. [See {Reluctant}.] 1. The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly… …
4reluctance — I noun antipathy, averseness, aversion, coactus, deprecation, diffidence, disaffection, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissent, distaste, doubt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, invitus …
5reluctance — noun he said he was glad to go, but she sensed his reluctance Syn: unwillingness, disinclination; hesitation, wavering, vacillation; doubts, second thoughts, misgivings …
6reluctance — noun 1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑electrical phenomenon 2. a certain degree of unwillingness a reluctance to commit himself …
7reluctance — noun Date: 1629 1. the quality or state of being reluctant 2. the opposition offered in a magnetic circuit to magnetic flux; specifically the ratio of the magnetic potential difference to the corresponding flux …
8reluctance — noun a) Unwillingness to do something. b) Hesitancy in taking some action. See Also: reluctant, reluctantly …
9reluctance motor — noun an alternating current motor with a stator winding like that of an induction motor and a rotor that has projecting poles of ferromagnetic material …
10reluctance — noun 1》 unwillingness or disinclination to do something. 2》 Physics the property of a magnetic circuit of opposing the passage of magnetic flux lines, equal to the ratio of the magnetomotive force to the magnetic flux …
