reluctance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/
Etymology
Etymology tree English reluct Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English reluctance From reluct + -ance. From Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”) + -ance, from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Unwillingness to do something.
Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.
- (countable, uncountable) Hesitancy in taking some action.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Defiance, disobedience.
No more be mention’d then of violence / Against our selves, and wilful barrenness, / That cuts us off fom hope, and favours onely / Rancor and pride, impatience and despite, / Reluctance against God and his just yoke / Laid on our Necks.
1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1041–6:
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(countable, uncountable) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
That is to say, the total number of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero.
1903, The Electrical World and Engineer, volume 42, page 369:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reluctances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reluctance motor · reluctor · unreluctance · reluctance cartridge
Relateds
adverb · adjective · reluctantly · reluctant
Translations (63)
ta தயக்கம் (hesitancy in taking some action) · bg нежелание (unwillingness to do something) · es renuencia (unwillingness to do something) · ta தயக்கம் (unwillingness to do something) · eo sindetenemo (unwillingness to do something) · nl tegenzin (hesitancy in taking some action) · pl rezystencja magnetyczna (magnetic resistance) · es reluctancia (magnetic resistance) · de Widerwillen (unwillingness to do something) · sh oklijevanje (hesitancy in taking some action) · nb motvilje (unwillingness to do something) · ru нежела́ние (unwillingness to do something) · pl wahanie (hesitancy in taking some action) · pt hesitação (hesitancy in taking some action) · ro codire (hesitancy in taking some action) · hi अनिच्छा (unwillingness to do something) · pl reluktancja (magnetic resistance) · pt hesitação (unwillingness to do something) · el επιφυλακτικότητα (unwillingness to do something) · cmn 磁阻 (magnetic resistance) · es reaciedad (unwillingness to do something) · cs váhavost (hesitancy in taking some action) · cmn 勉强 (unwillingness to do something) · fr réticence (unwillingness to do something) · mi koroukore (unwillingness to do something) · de Zögerlichkeit (hesitancy in taking some action) · fr réluctance (magnetic resistance) · cmn 犹豫 (hesitancy in taking some action) · de Widerwille (unwillingness to do something) · ga leisce (unwillingness to do something) · da utilbøjelighed (unwillingness to do something) · bg магнитно съпротивление (magnetic resistance) · ro repulsie (unwillingness to do something) · tr isteksizlik (unwillingness to do something) · ga mífhonn (unwillingness to do something) · de Widerstreben (unwillingness to do something) · nl magnetische weerstand (magnetic resistance) · fi vastahakoisuus (unwillingness to do something) · ru неохо́та (unwillingness to do something) · nl tegenzin (unwillingness to do something) · pt relutância (unwillingness to do something) · ro ezitare (hesitancy in taking some action) · ca reluctància (magnetic resistance) · ro reluctanță (magnetic resistance) · ga drogall (unwillingness to do something) · de Zaudern (hesitancy in taking some action) · it riluttanza (unwillingness to do something) · mi horokukū (unwillingness to do something) · et vastumeelsus (unwillingness to do something) · pt relutância (magnetic resistance) · pl niechęć (unwillingness to do something) · ga leisce (hesitancy in taking some action) · pl opór magnetyczny (magnetic resistance) · fi haluttomuus (hesitancy in taking some action) · de Zögern (hesitancy in taking some action) · nn motvilje (unwillingness to do something) · fi haluttomuus (unwillingness to do something) · es reluctancia (unwillingness to do something) · fi reluktanssi (magnetic resistance) · pt relutância (hesitancy in taking some action) · sh nevoljkost (unwillingness to do something) · eo malvolo (unwillingness to do something) · bg неохота (unwillingness to do something)