Hysteresis
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CORE DEFINITION
The phenomenon where the output of a system lags behind changes in input; for example, there is a time lag before policies or stimuli take effect, and causes and effects are not synchronized.
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Hysteresis is the dependence of the state of a system on its history. For example, a magnet may have more than one possible magnetic moment in a given magnetic field, depending on how the field changed in the past. Such a system is called hysteretic. Plots of a single component of the moment often f…
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Due to the system's memory, when the input changes in the opposite direction, the output does not immediately return to its original trajectory; there is a lag.
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