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Phenomenon seen in the elastic and
electromagnetic behaviour of materials, in
which a lag occurs between the application or
removal of a force or field and its effect.
If the magnetic field applied to a magnetic
material is increased and then decreased back
to its original value, the magnetic field
inside the material does not return to its
original value. The internal field `lags'
behind the external field. This behaviour
results in a loss of energy, called the
hysteresis loss, when a sample is repeatedly
magnetized and demagnetized. Hence the
materials used in transformer cores and
electromagnets should have a low hysteresis
loss. Similar behaviour is seen in some
materials when varying electric fields are
applied (electric hysteresis). Elastic
hysteresis occurs when a varying force
repeatedly deforms an elastic material. The
deformation produced does not completely
disappear when the force is removed, and this
results in energy loss on repeated
deformations.