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magnetic hysteresis

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noun

Physics.

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

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By using magnetic hysteresis, it may become possible to adjust friction remotely and reversibly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

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

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien

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.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose

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