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Hysteresis vs Accuracy - What's the difference?

hysteresis | accuracy |

As nouns the difference between hysteresis and accuracy

is that hysteresis is hysteresis (a property of a system) while accuracy is the state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness.

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

    References

    accuracy

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (accuracies)
  • The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy? ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

    • Synonyms

    * correctness * truthfulness

    Antonyms

    * inaccuracy

    See also

    * precision * integrity * exactness * fidelity

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