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HYSTERESIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("hysteresis" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)