noun
1. an entertainer who attracts large audiences
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he was the biggest drawing card they had
• Syn: ↑drawing card, ↑draw, ↑attraction, ↑attractor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑attract (for: ↑attraction)
• Hypernyms: ↑entertainer
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
• Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy
• Hypernyms: ↑point
• Hyponyms: ↑strange attractor, ↑chaotic attractor
3. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
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flowers are an attractor for bees
• Syn: ↑attraction, ↑attractor, ↑attractive feature, ↑magnet
• Derivationally related forms: ↑magnetic (for: ↑magnet), ↑attract (for: ↑attractor), ↑attract (for: ↑attraction)
• Hypernyms: ↑feature, ↑characteristic
• Hyponyms: ↑attention, ↑tourist attraction
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nounsee attractor
Useful english dictionary. 2012.