attractor

English

Noun

attractor (plural attractors)

Something which attracts.
(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.

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 吸引子 (zh) (xīyǐnzǐ)
Czech: atraktor m
Finnish: attraktori
French: attracteur (fr) 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
Swedish: attraktor c

See also

Anagrams

tractator

Latin

Verb

attractor

first-person singular present passive indicative of attractō

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