reluctance
/rɪˈlʌktəns/
noun
- Unwillingness or hesitation to do something.
- The cat's reluctance to enter the carrier made the trip difficult.
- Her reluctance to speak in public was obvious.
- He showed reluctance to join the team because of the long hours.
- A measure of opposition to magnetic flux in a material (physics).
- Air gaps increase the reluctance of a magnetic path.
- Iron has low reluctance, making it a good magnetic core.
- The engineer calculated the reluctance of the circuit.
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