hysteresis
nounHow many syllables in hysteresis?
There are 4 syllables in the word hysteresis.How to pronounce hysteresis:
Definition of hysteresis:
- hysteresis (noun):
- a slowing of an effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed (as if from viscosity or internal friction)
- a lagging in the values of resulting magnetization in a magnetic material (such as iron) due to a changing magnetizing force
- 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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