The meaning of RELUCTANCE is the quality or state of being reluctant.

RELUCTANCE definition: 1. an unwillingness to do something: 2. an unwillingness to do something: . Learn more.

RELUCTANCE definition: unwillingness; disinclination. See examples of reluctance used in a sentence.

Definition of reluctance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. the feeling of being unwilling to do something and hesitating before you do it, because you do not want to do it or …

Reluctance means "unwillingness." Your reluctance to travel on an airplane would be understandable if you glimpsed the pilot and copilot wearing party hats and blowing …

The reluctance of a magnetic material is its ability to oppose the flow of magnetic flux. The magnetic flux created by the field windings follows the path of least magnetic reluctance.

re•luc•tance (rɪˈlʌk təns) also re•luc′tan•cy, n. 1. the state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness; disinclination. 2. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit.

Reluctance definition: The state of being reluctant; unwillingness.

Reluctant, loath, averse describe disinclination toward something. Reluctant implies some sort of mental struggle, as between disinclination and sense of duty: reluctant to expel students.

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