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Answer for the clue "Especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field ", 10 letters:
hysteresis

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Word definitions for hysteresis in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hysteresis is the time-based dependence of a system's output on present and past inputs. The dependence arises because the history affects the value of an internal state. To predict its future outputs, either its internal state or its history must be known. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hysteresis \Hys`te*re"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to be behind, to lag.] (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 ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1805, from Greek hysteresis "a coming short, a deficiency."

Usage examples of hysteresis.

We assume a kind of inertia, or hysteresis effect, or special conservation law for time travel.

Normally, eddy current and hysteresis losses in the transformers would keep the station toast-warm.

When you apply those from the power source, you'll get eddy current heating inside the rock from hysteresis effects.

Gillette claims to have done slow-motion microphotography that shows hysteresis actually works, and, in an Esquire magazine article on this subject some years ago, a spokesman for Bic, one of Gillette's chief competitors, admitted his firm couldn't prove hysteresis didn't work.