"strange attractor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strange attractors [plural]
Etymology: The term was coined by David Ruelle and Floris Takens. Head templates: {{en-noun}} strange attractor (plural strange attractors)
  1. (mathematics) An attractor that has a non-integer dimension or whose dynamics on it are chaotic. Wikipedia link: strange attractor Categories (topical): Curves, Functions, Mathematics Translations (kind of attractor): podivný atraktor [neuter] (Czech), attracteur étrange [masculine] (French), attrattore strano [masculine] (Italian), atractor extraño (Spanish)

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