Definitions of attractor
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a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts“flowers are an attractor for bees”
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synonyms:
attracter, attraction, attractive feature, magnet
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types:
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attention
a general interest that leads people to want to know more
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tourist attraction
a characteristic that attracts tourists
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enhancer, foil
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
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type of:
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characteristic, feature
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
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attention
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an entertainer who attracts large audiences
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synonyms:
attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card
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type of:
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entertainer
a person who tries to please or amuse
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entertainer
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(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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synonyms:
attracter
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chaotic attractor, strange attractor
an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
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point
a geometric element that has position but no extension
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chaotic attractor, strange attractor
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