Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reluctance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\, n. (Elec.)
Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of
magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy
\Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See {Reluctant}.]
The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion
of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive,
or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.
``Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to
the action.'' --Dryden.
He had some reluctance to obey the summons. --Sir W.
Scott.
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless
innocence I doom to die. --Dryden.
Syn: Syn. See {Dislike}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reluctance
n 1: (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric
resistance)
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {hesitancy},
{hesitation}, {disinclination}, {indisposition}]
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