Hysteresis

[,hɪstə'riːsɪs] or [,hɪstə'risɪs]

Definition

(noun.) the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field.

Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.

Edited by Bernice

Definition

n. magnetic friction in dynamos by which every reversal of magnetism in the iron causes dissipation of energy.

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