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Noun: reluctance  ri'lúk-tun(t)s
  1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
     
  2. A certain degree of unwillingness
    "a reluctance to commit himself"
    - hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition

Derived forms: reluctances

See also: reluctant

Type of: electrical phenomenon, involuntariness, unwillingness

Encyclopedia: Reluctance

Nearest

relishing
relistening
relive
reliving
reload
relocatable program
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reluctivity
relume
rely
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REM
REM sleep