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reluctance Definition


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reluctance
noun
    1. Lack of enthusiasm; unwillingness.
      Thesaurus: disinclination, aversion, hesitancy, unwillingness, recalcitrance, dislike, distaste, repugnance; Antonym: eagerness.
    2. physics.
      (symbol R) a measure of the opposition to magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit, analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin reluctari to resist.



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