(now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to). / Not wanting to take some action; unwilling. / (regular expressions) Tending to match as little text as possible.

The quantity equal to the reciprocal of magnetic permeability.

(obsolete) Resistance, opposition. / (now rare) Reluctance, disinclination.

(obsolete) To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

(intransitive, obsolete, used with "at") To be averse to.

magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux

present participle of reluct

simple past tense and past participle of reluct

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reluct

(obsolete) Resistance, struggle. / (now rare) Reluctance, unwillingness.