Definition of "hysteretic" []

• Of or pertaining to hysteresis. (adjective)

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• "A clear sign to me that the climate does have such hysteretic states is the step function type changes that occur every so often like the PDO."
• "Switching the Field on and off was equivalent to an elongation and contraction of the ship carrying the generator, but there was an hysteretic effect, as it were, and the initial condition was never quite reproducible, owing to all the thousands of electrical changes and movements of mass aboard the ship while the Field was on."
• "With its hysteretic control architecture and high-side current sense scheme, the device provides an ideal solution to drive the HBLEDs with constant current."