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a) Unwillingness to do something.b) Hesitancy in taking some action.See Also: reluctant, reluctantly
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Reluctance — Réluctance La réluctance permet de quantifier une propriété physique : l aptitude d un circuit magnétique à s opposer à sa pénétration par un champ magnétique. Cette grandeur a été créée par analogie avec la notion de résistance. L inverse… … Wikipédia en Français
réluctance — [ relyktɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1904; angl. reluctance, du lat. reluctari « résister » ♦ Phys. Dans un circuit magnétique, Quotient de la force magnétomotrice par le flux associé. La réluctance est l équivalent magnétique de la résistance électrique. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Reluctance — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reluctance — I noun antipathy, averseness, aversion, coactus, deprecation, diffidence, disaffection, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissent, distaste, doubt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, invitus … Law dictionary
reluctance — 1640s, act of struggling against, from obsolete verb reluct to struggle or rebel against (1520s), from L. reluctari to struggle against, from re against + luctari to struggle. Meaning unwillingness is first attested 1660s … Etymology dictionary
reluctance — ► NOUN ▪ unwillingness or disinclination to do something … English terms dictionary
reluctance — [ri luk′təns] n. 1. the fact or state of being reluctant; unwillingness 2. Rare opposition; revolt 3. Elec. the resistance offered to magnetic flux by a magnetic circuit, equal to the magnetomotive force divided by the magnetic flux: similar to… … English World dictionary
Réluctance — La réluctance permet de quantifier une propriété physique : l aptitude d un circuit magnétique à s opposer à sa pénétration par un champ magnétique. Cette grandeur a été créée par analogie avec la notion de résistance. L inverse de la… … Wikipédia en Français
reluctance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, extreme, great, marked ▪ a certain ▪ I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
reluctance — n. 1) to display, show reluctance 2) extreme, great reluctance 3) reluctance to + inf. (her reluctance to get involved was understandable) * * * [rɪ lʌktəns] great reluctance show reluctance extreme to display reluctance to + inf. (her reluctance … Combinatory dictionary
reluctance — re|luc|tance [rıˈlʌktəns] n [singular, U] when someone is unwilling to do something, or when they do something slowly to show that they are not very willing ▪ Wells finally agreed, but with reluctance. reluctance to do sth ▪ a reluctance to share … Dictionary of contemporary English
