Meaning

2 senses

  1. Something which attracts.

    a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

  2. A set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time. That is, points that get close enough to the attractor remain close even if slightly disturbed.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I read the research paper "Black Holes: Attractors for Intelligence?"

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Translations

5 languages

Forms

plural: attractors
Singularattractor
Pluralattractors

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system:attracter
  • a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts:attractionattracterattractive featuremagnet
  • an entertainer who attracts large audiences:drawing carddrawattractionattracter

Word family

4 related words
Relatedfixed pointattract
Derivedchemoattractorstrange attractor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
attractB1attractionB1attractiveA2attractivenessB2attributeB2attributionattritionC2

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