HYSTERESIS


Meaning of HYSTERESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhis-tə-ˈrē-səs ]

noun

( plural hys·ter·e·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hysterēsis shortcoming, from hysterein to be late, fall short, from hysteros later — more at out

Date: 1881

: a retardation of an effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed (as if from viscosity or internal friction) ; especially : a lagging in the values of resulting magnetization in a magnetic material (as iron) due to a changing magnetizing force

• hys·ter·et·ic -ˈre-tik adjective

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