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attracter

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: attracter

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n
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
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n
(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
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: attracter
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n a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

Synonyms:
attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet
Types:
attention
a general interest that leads people to want to know more
tourist attraction
a characteristic that attracts tourists
enhancer, foil
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
Type of:
characteristic, feature
a prominent attribute or aspect of something

n an entertainer who attracts large audiences

Synonyms:
attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card
Type of:
entertainer
a person who tries to please or amuse
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n (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

Synonyms:
attractor
Types:
chaotic attractor, strange attractor
an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
Type of:
point
a geometric element that has position but no extension
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