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mechanical hysteresis

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mechanical hysteresis [mi′kan·ə·kəl ‚his·tə′rē·səs]
(mechanics)
The dependence of the strain of a material not only on the instantaneous value of the stress but also on the previous history of the stress; for example, the elongation is less at a given value of tension when the tension is increasing than when it is decreasing.


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