How to Use hysteresis in a Sentence
hysteresis
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Tiles also exhibited hysteresis, which was smaller at slower speeds due to the rubber’s viscoelastic properties, as reported by Nanowerk.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
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In electric motors, magnetic losses such as eddy current losses and hysteresis losses occur when the magnetic field in the stator repeatedly changes during operation.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
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The sensor delivered repeatable measurements with low hysteresis, meaning readings stayed consistent during loading and unloading cycles.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
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The experiments also produced the distinctive double hysteresis loop associated with antiferroelectric materials.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
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Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast in August that economics have looked hard for hysteresis since the Great Recession of 2008 but have not found it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
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