reluctance
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təns noun
1.
unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
2.
Electricity. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and arrangement of the materials of the circuit.
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reluctance or (less commonly) reluctancy (rɪˈlʌktəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | lack of eagerness or willingness; disinclination |
| 2. | 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 |
| reluctancy or (less commonly) reluctancy | |
| —n | |
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Reluctance
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
reluctance
1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb reluct "to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from L. reluctari "to struggle against," from re- "against" + luctari "to struggle." Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s.
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Example sentences
The notorious reluctance of nerve fibers to heal themselves has left millions of people permanently impaired.
The reason of this reluctance appears to be a belief that the first-fruits either belong to or actually contain a divinity.
Some would trace this strange reluctance to the corruption and inequality in campaign financing.
After a decade of war and overseas occupation, this reluctance is understandable.
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