attractor

English

Noun

attractor (plural attractors)

1. Something which attracts.
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.

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

• basin of attraction
• fixed point

Anagrams

• tractator

Latin

Verb

attractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of attractō