Noun: reluctance ri'lúk-tun(t)s
- A certain degree of unwillingness
"a reluctance to commit himself";
- hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
- (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
"The reluctance of the material affected the efficiency of the transformer"
Derived forms: reluctances
Type of: electrical phenomenon, involuntariness, unwillingness
Encyclopedia: Reluctance