Hysteresis

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This model shows the Hysteresis effect. Hysteresis is a retardation of an effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed. It is often used to describe the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field.

In this example, the noisy sinewave is turned into a square wave. However, the polarity of the square wave does not change immediately when the sinewave changes polarity.

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