English noun: attractor |
1. | attractor (person) an entertainer who attracts large audiences |
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| Samples | He was the biggest drawing card they had.
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| Synonyms | attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card |
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| Broader (hypernym) | entertainer |
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2. | attractor (cognition) (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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| Broader (hypernym) | point |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chaotic attractor, strange attractor |
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| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics |
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3. | attractor (cognition) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts |
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| Samples | Flowers are an attractor for bees.
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| Synonyms | attracter, attraction, attractive feature, magnet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | characteristic, feature |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | attention, tourist attraction |
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