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chaotic attractor

DEFINITIONS OF: chaotic attractor

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n an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic

Synonyms:
strange attractor
Type of:
attracter, attractor
(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
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