Attracter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attracter \At*tract"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, attracts.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  attracter
       n 1: an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the
            biggest drawing card they had" [syn: {drawing card}, {draw},
             {attraction}, {attractor}]
       2: (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 [syn: {attractor}]
       3: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;
          "flowers are an attractor for bees" [syn: {attraction}, {attractor},
           {attractive feature}, {magnet}]