magnetic hysteresis

noun

Physics.

1. hysteresis in a ferromagnetic material; the lag in the response of magnetic induction to changes of magnetic intensity.

Example Sentences

Not long ago Mr. Marconi invented, however, a telegraphic instrument based upon his discovery that the magnetic hysteresis of iron can be annulled by electric oscillations.

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The testing of sheet iron and steel for magnetic hysteresis loss has developed into an important factory process, giving as it does a means of ascertaining the suitability of the metal for use in the manufacture of transformers and cores of alternating-current electromagnets.

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So also the modifications which the phenomena of magnetic hysteresis or the variations of resistivity have just demonstrated.

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