Thermal Hysteresis is the measured change in output or reading at a specific measurement point taken during a sequence of increasing and decreasing temperature.
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Glossary of Accuracy technical terms
- Accuracy
- BSL – Best Straight Line
- Compensated Temperature Range
- Digital Compensation
- g Effect
- Hysteresis
- LHR – Linearity, Hysteresis and Repeatability
- Long Term Stability/Drift
- NL – Non-Linearity
- PPM – Parts Per Million
- Precision
- Pressure Hysteresis
- Repeatability
- RTE – Referred Temperature Error
- Secondary Pressure Standard
- TEB – Temperature Error Band
- TEB – Total Error Band
- Temperature Compensation
- Temperature Error
- Threshold
- TSL – Terminal Straight Line
- TSS – Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift
- TZS – Thermal Zero Shift
Help from Accuracy resources
- Pressure Sensor Accuracy Specifications
- Measurement Accuracy
- Determining calibration error of Bourdon tube pressure gauge
- What is the difference between zero offset and zero drift?


