reluctance

/ษนษชหˆlสŒktษ™ns/

IPA: /R IH0 L AH1 K T AH0 N S/

noun
  1. 1

    Unwillingness to do something.

  2. 2

    Hesitancy in taking some action.

  3. 3

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reluctance