reluctance

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Noun

reluctance (uncountable)

1. Unwillingness to do something.
2. Hesitancy in taking some action.
3. (physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

Derived terms

• reluctance motor

Related terms

• reluctant, adjective
• reluctantly, adverb

Translations

unwillingness to do something

• Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m
• Estonian: vastumeelsus (et)
• Finnish: vastahakoisuus, haluttomuus
• French: réticence (fr) f
• Italian: riluttanza (it)

• Romanian: repulsie (ro) f
• Russian: неохота (ru) (neoχóta) f, нежелание (ru) (neželánije) n
• Spanish: repugnancia (es)
• Turkish: isteksizlik (tr)

hesitancy in taking some action

• Czech: váhavost (cs) f
• Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m

• Finnish: haluttomuus (fi)
• Romanian: ezitare (ro) f, codire (ro) f

magnetic resistance

• Dutch: magnetische weerstand (nl)
• Finnish: reluktanssi
• Romanian: reluctanță (ro) f

• Russian: магнитное сопротивление (magnítnoje soprotivlénije) n
• Spanish: reluctancia magnética f

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• Mandarin: 犹豫
• Interlingua: reluctantia