Inductance vs. Reluctance — What's the Difference?

Inductance is the tendency of an electrical conductor to oppose a change in the electric current flowing through it. The flow of electric current creates a magnetic field around the conductor.

The state of being reluctant; unwillingness.

The property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it as the result of a changing magnetic flux.

(Physics) A measure of the opposition to magnetic flux, analogous to electric resistance.

A circuit element, typically a conducting coil, in which electromotive force is generated by electromagnetic induction.

Unwillingness to do something.

(physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.

Hesitancy in taking some action.

The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)

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

Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.

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.

(physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current

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

An electrical device that introduces inductance into a circuit

(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

A certain degree of unwillingness;