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# 2025-12-02 10:40:??

> [!cite] [Hysteresis - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteresis)
> **Hysteresis** is the dependence of the state of a system on its history.
> For example, a [magnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet "Magnet")
> may have more than one possible
> [magnetic moment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_moment "Magnetic moment")
> in a given [magnetic field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field "Magnetic field"),
> depending on how the field changed in the past.
> Such a system is called **hysteretic**.

![[alternating-current#Ferroelectric Hysteresis]]
