"attractor" meaning in English

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Noun

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Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} attractor (plural attractors)
  1. Something which attracts.
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  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. Hypernyms: stable equilibrium Translations (set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time): атрактор (atraktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), atractor [masculine] (Catalan), 吸引子 (xīyǐnzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), atraktor [masculine] (Czech), attraktori (Finnish), attracteur [masculine] (French), atractor [masculine] (Galician), attrattore [masculine] (Italian), アトラクター (atorakutā) (Japanese), аттрактор (attraktor) (Kazakh), 끌개 (kkeulgae) (Korean), аттрактор (attraktor) (Kyrgyz), جاذب (Persian), atraktor [masculine] (Polish), atrator [masculine] (Portuguese), atractor [masculine] (Spanish), attraktor [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemoattractor, Chua's attractor, Hénon attractor, Lorenz attractor, multiscroll attractor, Rössler attractor, strange attractor, Tamari attractor Related terms: basin of attraction, fixed point

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atraktor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atrator"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atractor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "attraktor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attractor"
}

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