Word
Hysteresis
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
hys-te-re-sis
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.
- 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
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