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Reluctance

RELUCT'ANCE

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Definition 2024

reluctance

reluctance

English

Noun

reluctance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural reluctances)

Unwillingness to do something.
Hesitancy in taking some action.
(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

Danish: utilbøjelighed c
Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m
Esperanto: sindetenemo
Estonian: vastumeelsus
Finnish: vastahakoisuus (fi), haluttomuus (fi)
French: réticence (fr) f
German: Widerstreben n
Greek: επιφυλακτικότητα (el) f ‎(epifylaktikótita)
Italian: riluttanza (it)
Maori: horokukū, koroukore

Norwegian:

Bokmål: motvilje m

Nynorsk: motvilje m
Polish: niechęć (pl) f
Portuguese: relutância (pt) f, hesitação (pt) f
Romanian: repulsie (ro) f
Russian: неохо́та (ru) f ‎(neoxóta), нежела́ние (ru) n ‎(neželánije)
Spanish: reluctancia (es) f
Turkish: isteksizlik (tr)

hesitancy in taking some action

Czech: váhavost f
Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m
Finnish: haluttomuus (fi)

Portuguese: relutância (pt) f, hesitação (pt) f
Romanian: ezitare (ro) f, codire (ro) f

magnetic resistance

Catalan: reluctància
Dutch: magnetische weerstand
Finnish: reluktanssi
French: réluctance (fr) f

Portuguese: relutância (pt) f
Romanian: reluctanță (ro) f
Russian: ^{(please verify)}магни́тное сопротивле́ние n ‎(magnítnoje soprotivlénije)
Spanish: reluctancia (es) f