hysteresis

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hysteresis /ˌhɪstəˈriːsɪs/

▶noun Physics the phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it, especially that involving magnetic induction and a magnetizing force.

– origin C19: from Gk husterēsis ‘shortcoming’.

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