noun
Meaning 1
Something which attracts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
attractor
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rhymes with -æktə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stable equilibrium
noun
Meaning 3
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- flowers are an attractor for bees
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attraction, attracter, attractive feature, magnet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feature, characteristic
Narrower terms: attention, tourist attraction
noun
Meaning 4
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attracter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
Narrower terms: strange attractor, chaotic attractor
noun
Meaning 5
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was the biggest drawing card they had
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drawing card, draw, attraction, attracter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entertainer
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: атрактор (atraktor) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Catalan: atractor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Chinese Mandarin: 吸引子 (xīyǐnzǐ) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Czech: atraktor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Finnish: attraktori — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- French: attracteur — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Galician: atractor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Italian: attrattore — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Japanese: アトラクター (atorakutā) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Kazakh: аттрактор (attraktor) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Korean: 끌개 (kkeulgae) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Kyrgyz: аттрактор (attraktor) — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Persian: جاذب — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Polish: atraktor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Portuguese: atrator — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Spanish: atractor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
- Swedish: attraktor — set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time
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