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hysteretic

hysteretic adjective: of or pertaining to hysteresis.

Adjective

hysteretic (comparative more hysteretic, superlative most hysteretic)

  1. Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

Antonyms of hysteretic

Forms of hysteretic

comparativemore hysteretic
superlativemost hysteretic

Origin of hysteretic

By surface analysis, hyster- (“higher, outer, latter, next”) + -etic.

Words formed from hysteretic

Questions about hysteretic

What does hysteretic mean?
Hysteretic means of or pertaining to hysteresis.
What part of speech is hysteretic?
Hysteretic is an adjective.

Words near hysteretic in the dictionary

  1. hysteresis loop
  2. hysteresis loops
  3. hysteresis motor
  4. hysteresis motors
  5. hysteresivity
  6. hysteretic
  7. hysteretical
  8. hysteretically
  9. hysteria
  10. hysteriac
  11. hysteriaceous

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