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Hysteretic

Hysteretic \Hys`ter*et"ic\, a. (Elec.) Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

Hysteretic constant, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle.

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hysteretic

a. Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

Usage examples of "hysteretic".

Switching the Field on and off was equivalent to an elongation and contraction of the ship carrying the generator, but there was an hysteretic effect, as it were, and the initial condition was never quite reproducible, owing to all the thousands of electrical changes and movements of mass aboard the ship while the Field was on.