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n. One that attracts: flowers that are excellent attractors of hummingbirds.

n. Physics A set of physical properties toward which a system tends to evolve, regardless of the starting conditions of the system.

n. 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.

n. One who, or that which, attracts.

n. See attracter.

n. an entertainer who attracts large audiences

n. (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

n. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

"I actually think that the same hunger for authenticity that makes the internet a "strange attractor" is at works in politics, too."

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