attractor

noun

a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

(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

an entertainer who attracts large audiences

Roots

adat- · Latin · toward traheretract- · Latin · to draw, pull or-or · Latin · agent, one that does

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