Hysteresis
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Hysteresis
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1. Any of several effects resembling a kind of internal friction,
accompanied by the generation of heat within the substance affected.
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Magnetic hystersis occurs when a ferromagnetic substance is subjected
to a varying magnetic intensity; electric hysteresis occurs when a dielectric
is subjected to a varying electric intensity. Elastic hysteresis is the
internal friction in an elastic solid subjected to varying stress.
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2. The delay of an indicator in registering a change in a parameter being
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