1. Plural of hysteresis; the phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it.
Usage: technical; physics; engineering
2. In magnetism, the lag between changes in magnetic field and changes in magnetic induction in a material.
Usage: technical; physics
3. In economics and social systems, the persistence of effects even after the cause has been removed.
Usage: technical; economics

Examples

• The hystereses observed in the magnetic material made it difficult to predict its behavior.
• Engineers must account for hystereses when designing precision instruments.
• The study examined multiple hystereses in the economic system following the policy change.
• Magnetic hystereses cause energy loss in transformer cores.
• Different materials exhibit different hystereses under stress and strain.
• The hystereses in the system created a delay between input and output.