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reluctance

noun
/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/

Etymology

From reluct + -ance.

  1. borrowed from reluctor
  2. formed as reluctance — “reluct + -ance”

Definitions

  1. Unwillingness to do something.

    • Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.

  2. Hesitancy in taking some action.

  3. Defiance, disobedience.

    • No more be mention’d then of violence / Against our selves, and wilful barrenness, / That cuts us off fom hope, and favours onely / Rancor and pride, impatience and despite, / Reluctance against God and his just yoke / Laid on our Necks.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

      • That is to say, the total number of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero.

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Derived

reluctance cartridge, reluctance motor, reluctor, unreluctance

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reluctance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01reluctance02hesitancy03uncertainty04conviction05firmly06securely07fear08afraid

A definitional loop anchored at reluctance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at reluctance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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