attractor

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• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

attractor (plural attractors)

1. Something which attracts.
2. (mathematics, physics) A set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time. That is, points that get close enough to the attractor remain close even if slightly disturbed.

   Hypernym: stable equilibrium

Derived terms

• chemoattractor
• Chua's attractor
• Hénon attractor
• Lorenz attractor
• multiscroll attractor
• Rössler attractor
• strange attractor
• Tamari attractor

Translations

set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time

Bulgarian: атрактор m (atraktor) Catalan: atractor m Chinese: Mandarin: 吸引子 (zh) (xīyǐnzǐ) Czech: atraktor m Finnish: attraktori French: attracteur (fr) m Galician: atractor m Italian: attrattore m Japanese: アトラクター (atorakutā) Kazakh: аттрактор (attraktor) Korean: 끌개 (kkeulgae) Kyrgyz: аттрактор (attraktor) Persian: جاذب (fa) Polish: atraktor (pl) m Portuguese: atrator m Spanish: atractor m Swedish: attraktor c

See also

• basin of attraction
• fixed point

Anagrams

• tractator

Latin

Verb

attractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of attractō

Portuguese

Adjective

attractor (feminine attractora, masculine plural attractores, feminine plural attractoras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of atrator

Noun

attractor m (plural attractores)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of atrator