| reluctance | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. reluctance | (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance). |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance | a certain degree of unwillingness.; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" |
| ~ sloth, slothfulness | a disinclination to work or exert yourself. |
| ~ involuntariness, unwillingness | the trait of being unwilling.; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" |
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