piezoelectric hysteresis
piezoelectric hysteresis
[pē¦ā·zō·ə′lek·trik ‚his·tə′rē·səs] (solid-state physics)
Behavior of a piezoelectric crystal whose electric polarization depends not only on the mechanical stress to which the crystal is subjected, but also on the previous history of this stress.
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