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ATTRACTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
Example:
flowers are an attractor for bees
Synonyms:
attracter; attraction; attractive feature; attractor; magnet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("attractor" is a kind of...):
characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attractor"):
attention (a general interest that leads people to want to know more)
tourist attraction (a characteristic that attracts tourists)
Derivation:
attract (be attractive to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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; attractor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("attractor" is a kind of...):
point (a geometric element that has position but no extension)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attractor"):
chaotic attractor; strange attractor (an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An entertainer who attracts large audiences
Example:
he was the biggest drawing card they had
Synonyms:
attracter; attraction; attractor; draw; drawing card
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("attractor" is a kind of...):
entertainer (a person who tries to please or amuse)
