[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]