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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an entertainer who attracts large audiences;
- Example: "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
[syn: drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter]

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, attracter]

3. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;
- Example: "flowers are an attractor for bees"
[syn: attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Attractor \At*tract"or\ ([a^]t*tr[a^]kt"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, attracts. --Sir T. Browne [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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