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Backlash vs Hysteresis - What's the difference?

backlash | hysteresis |

As nouns the difference between backlash and hysteresis

is that backlash is a sudden backward motion while hysteresis is a property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.

As a verb backlash

is to cause or set off a backlash.

backlash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
  • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
  • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
  • (en)

    hysteresis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hysteresis) (hystereses)
  • A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.
  • Derived terms

    * hysteresis loop * hysteresis motor * hysteretic * hysteretical

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