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hys⋅ter⋅e⋅sis

  [his-tuh-ree-sis]
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–noun Physics.
1. the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces, esp. magnetic forces, affecting it. Compare magnetic hysteresis.
2. the phenomenon exhibited by a system, often a ferromagnetic or imperfectly elastic material, in which the reaction of the system to changes is dependent upon its past reactions to change.
Origin:
1795–1805; < Gk hystérēsis deficiency, state of being behind or late, hence inferior, equiv. to hysterē-, var. s. of hystereîn to come late, lag behind, v. deriv. of hýsteros coming behind + -sis -sis

Related forms:
hys⋅ter⋅et⋅ic  [his-tuh-ret-ik] , hys⋅ter⋅e⋅si⋅al  [his-tuh-ree-see-uhl] , adjective
hys⋅ter⋅et⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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hys·ter·e·sis   (hĭs'tə-rē'sĭs)   
n.   pl. hys·ter·e·ses (-sēz)
The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind changes in the magnetic field.

[Greek husterēsis, a shortcoming, from husterein, to come late, from husteros, late; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]
hys'ter·et'ic (-rět'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: hys·ter·e·sis
Pronunciation: "his-t&-'rE-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hys·ter·e·ses /-"sEz/
1 : the lagging of a physical effect on a body behind its cause (as behind changed forces and conditions) hysteresis as well as for sensitivity and natural frequency —H. D. Green>
2 a : the influence of the previous history or treatment ofa body on its subsequent response to a given force or changed condition hysteresis, in which the time of coagulation of heated milk isprogressively greater with increase in the time interval between heating and addition of rennet —J. S. Fruton> b : the changed response of a body that results from thisinfluence
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hysteresis hys·ter·e·sis (hĭs'tə-rē'sĭs)
n. pl. hys·ter·e·ses (-sēz)
The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind changes in the magnetic field.

hys'ter·et'ic (-rět'ĭk) adj.

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