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Hysteresis
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Hysteresis
Used to characterize a lagging effect. Firms may fail to enter markets that appear attractive, or firms that are once invested in a market may persist in operating at a loss. The effect is characteristic of investments with high entry and exit costs along with high uncertainty.


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Modulus and hardness increase monotonically with increasing crosslink density, and the material becomes more elastic; or stated alternatively, less hysteretic.
During DNAPL migration, hysteretic capillary forces cause retention of a portion of the liquid within the pores as discontinuous globules or ganglia [Lenhard et al.
This hysteretic force is assumed to result from induced distortion in the edge geometry after rotation.
 
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