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reluctance
(encz) | reluctance,nechuť n: Rostislav Svoboda |
reluctance
(encz) | reluctance,neochota n: Rostislav Svoboda |
reluctance
(encz) | reluctance,odpor n: Rostislav Svoboda |
reluctance
(encz) | reluctance,zdráhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Reluctance
(gcide) | Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy
\Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See Reluctant.]
1. 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.
Syn: Syn. See Dislike.
[1913 Webster]
He had some reluctance to obey the summons. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of
magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
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reluctance
(wn) | reluctance
n 1: (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to
electric resistance)
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";
"after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance,
hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition] |
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Reluctance
(gcide) | Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy
\Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See Reluctant.]
1. 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.
Syn: Syn. See Dislike.
[1913 Webster]
He had some reluctance to obey the summons. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of
magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
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