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reluctance definition

re·luc·tance (ri luk′təns)

noun

  1. the fact or state of being reluctant; unwillingness
  2. Rare opposition; revolt
  3. Elec. the resistance offered to magnetic flux by a magnetic circuit, equal to the magnetomotive force divided by the magnetic flux: similar to the resistance in an electric circuit
Also Rarereluctancy re·luc′·tancy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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