Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind changes in the magnetic field.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lagging of one of two related phenomena behind the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A property of a system such that an
output value is not a strict function of the correspondinginput , but also incorporates somelag ,delay , or history dependence, and in particular when theresponse for adecrease in the input variable is different from the response for anincrease . For example, athermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such systems often exhibit hysteresis, that is multiple states for the same system parameters but which state you are in depends on history, i.e., initial conditions.
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The ice sheet's so-called hysteresis, or resistance to change, is now in doubt.
Scientific American 2010
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The ice sheet's so-called hysteresis, or resistance to change, is now in doubt.
Scientific American 2010
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This intermediate input region is a deadspace where there is no response, a property called hysteresis, it is like backlash in a mechanical linkage.
LearnHub Activities 2009
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If high sensitivity is required the hysteresis is a problem, but in many circuits it is a helpful property.
LearnHub Activities 2009
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Economists use the term "hysteresis" to describe this dynamic in which the longer workers are jobless, the more their skills erode.
Joblessness Spurs Trans-Atlantic Divide on Policy Brian Blackstone 2010
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In 1986, Summers wrote an influential paper about 'hysteresis' in unemployment.
Wonkbook: GOP's 'Pledge'; no vote on tax cuts; DISCLOSE gets another chance 2010
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Summers won't say it, but short of a total remake of "free market" economics, likely nothing and perhaps that's America's future with growing millions consigned to a permanent underclass, while an elite few at the top grow richer, until one day "hysteresis" snaps the system in a disruptive convulsion, the old model passes from the scene, and nothing is the same again.
US Census Bureau Confirms Rising Poverty, Falling Incomes, and Growing Numbers of Uninsured 2009
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Summers won't say it, but short of a total remake of "free market" economics, likely nothing and perhaps that's America's future with growing millions consigned to a permanent underclass, while an elite few at the top grow richer, until one day "hysteresis" snaps the system in a disruptive convulsion, the old model passes from the scene, and nothing is the same again.
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The moisture content in equilibrium with a given relative humidity is also affected by the so-called 'hysteresis' effect.
Chapter 7 1988
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But despite improved financial indicators, dollarization rates across the developing world remain high, a phenomenon referred to as dollarization hysteresis.
Unraveling Dollarization | Ia Eradze Ia Eradze 2023
johnmperry commented on the word hysteresis
cf rheology
August 26, 2008