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re·luc·tance

(rĭ-lŭk′təns) also re·luc·tan·cy (-tən-sē)

1. The state of being reluctant; unwillingness.

2. Physics A measure of the opposition to magnetic flux, analogous to electric resistance.

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reluctance

(rɪˈlʌktəns) or less commonly

reluctancy

1. lack of eagerness or willingness; disinclination

2. (General Physics) physics a measure of the resistance of a closed magnetic circuit to a magnetic flux, equal to the ratio of the magnetomotive force to the magnetic flux

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re•luc•tance

(rɪˈlʌk təns)

also re•luc′tan•cy,

1. the state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness; disinclination.

2. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit.

[1635–45]

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Noun	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
	2.	reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition 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"

reluctance

noun unwillingness, dislike, loathing, distaste, aversion, backwardness, hesitancy, disinclination, repugnance, indisposition, disrelish a reluctance to give official approval to the idea

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reluctance

noun

The state of not being disposed or inclined:

averseness, disinclination, indisposition, unwillingness.

Translations

تَرَدُّد

váhání

uvilje

haluttomuus

tregîa

magnetische weerstandtegenzin

motvillighet

relutância

нежелание неохота

odpor

gönülsüzlükisteksizlik

不乐意

reluctance

[rɪˈlʌktəns] N → reticencia f, renuencia f (frm)
her reluctance to allow it was understandable → era comprensible que se mostrase reacia or reticente a permitirlo → su reticencia or (frm) renuencia a permitirlo era comprensible
to show reluctance (to do sth) → mostrarse reacio or reticente or (frm) renuente (a hacer algo), mostrar reticencia or (frm) renuencia (a hacer algo)
with reluctance → con reticencia, a regañadientes
to make a show of reluctance → aparentar reticencia, aparentar estar reticente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

reluctance

[rɪˈlʌktəns] n → répugnance f
reluctance to do sth → répugnance à faire qch

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reluctance

→ Widerwillen m, → Abneigung f; to do something with reluctance → etw widerwillig or ungern tun; to make a show of reluctance → sich widerwillig geben

(Phys) → magnetischer Widerstand

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reluctance

[rɪˈlʌkt/əns] n → riluttanza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

reluctant

(rəˈlaktənt) adjective

unwilling. He was reluctant to accept the medal for his bravery.

reˈluctantly adverb

reˈluctance noun

I don't understand his reluctance to go.

reluctance

n. renuencia, aversión, disgusto.

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Tacit obedience implies no force upon the will, and consequently may be easily, and without any pains, preserved; but when a wife, a child, a relation, or a friend, performs what we desire, with grumbling and reluctance, with expressions of dislike and dissatisfaction, the manifest difficulty which they undergo must greatly enhance the obligation.

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The poor man fulfilled his task with reluctance, but there was no escape, and every day saw a girl married and a wife dead.

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Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, but she could still moralize over every morning visit; and as she was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own, it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change without much reluctance.

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The manifesto was signed with great reluctance by Messrs.

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First, every drawer in the tall, old-fashioned bureau is to be opened, with difficulty, and with a succession of spasmodic jerks then, all must close again, with the same fidgety reluctance. There is a rustling of stiff silks; a tread of backward and forward footsteps to and fro across the chamber.

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"Prince," answered the Princess, "it is enough for me to have seen you, to tell you that I obey without reluctance."