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Definitions for Hysteresis
[1] the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces, especially magnetic forces, affecting it. Compare magnetic hysteresis.
[2] the phenomenon exhibited by a system, often a ferromagnetic or imperfectly elastic material, in which the reaction of the system to changes is dependent upon its past reactions to change.
[3] physics the lag in a variable property of a system with respect to the effect producing it as this effect varies, esp the phenomenon in which the magnetic flux density of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing external magnetic field strength
Words nearby Hysteresis
hyster-, hysteralgia, hysteratresia, hysterectomize, hysterectomy, hysteresis, hysteresis loop, hysteresis loss, hystereurysis, hysteria, hysteric
Origin of Hysteresis
1795–1805; < Greek hystérēsis deficiency, state of being behind or late, hence inferior, equivalent to hysterē-, variant stem of hystereîn to come late, lag behind, verbal derivative of hýsteros coming behind + -sis -sis
Other words from Hysteresis
hys·ter·et·ic [his-tuh -ret -ik] /ˌhɪs təˈrɛt ɪk/ , hys·ter·e·si·al [his-tuh -ree -see-uh l] /ˌhɪs təˈri si əl/ , adjective
hys·ter·et·i·cal·ly , adverb
hys′ter•et′ ic (-rĕt′ ĭk ) adj.
Word origin for Hysteresis
C19: from Greek husterēsis coming late, from husteros coming after