'Hysteresis' definitions:
Definition of 'hysteresis'
(from WordNet)
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
Definition of 'Hysteresis'
From: GCIDE
- Hysteresis \Hys`te*re"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to be behind, to lag.] (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hysteresis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- dead time,
- diamagnetism,
- electromagnetism,
- ferromagnetism,
- gain,
- gilbert,
- holdup,
- hysteresis curve,
- lag,
- magnetic circuit,
- magnetic conductivity,
- magnetic creeping,
- magnetic curves,
- magnetic dip,
- magnetic elements,
- magnetic figures,
- magnetic flux,
- magnetic friction,
- magnetic hysteresis,
- magnetic lag,
- magnetic moment,
- magnetic permeability,
- magnetic potential,
- magnetic remanence,
- magnetic variation,
- magnetic viscosity,
- magnetics,
- magnetism,
- magnetization,
- maxwell,
- output lag,
- paramagnetism,
- permeability,
- process lag,
- residual magnetism,
- throughput,
- time constants,
- time lead,
- weber