attractor

Primary Meanings of attractor

1.	n	a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
2.	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 attractor

1

n a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

“flowers are an attractor for bees”

Synonyms:: attracter, attraction, attractive feature, 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:: attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card

Type of:: entertainer
a person who tries to please or amuse

2

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:: attracter

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