Definition of reluctance Reluctance

/ɹɪlʌˈktʌns/ - [riluktuns] - re•luc•tance

We found 9 definitions of reluctance from 6 different sources.

What does reluctance mean?

Noun Plural: reluctances
reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
		hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
		involuntariness, unwillingness the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
reluctance - (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
		electrical phenomenon a physical phenomenon involving electricity

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reluctance (Noun)
Unwillingness to do something.
reluctance (Noun)
Hesitancy in taking some action.
reluctance (Noun)
That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit .

reluctance
In a magnetic circuit or portion thereof, the resistance offered to the flow of lines of force. The magnetic circuit as has already been stated is treated like an electric circuit, and in it reluctance occupies the place of resistance in the electric circuit. It is the reciprocal of permeance. S. P. Thompson expresses the law thus:
Total number of magnetic lines = (magneto-motive force) / (magnetic reluctance)
Synonyms--Magnetic Reluctance-Magnetic Resistance.