attraction
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at·trac·tion
(ə-trăk'shən) 
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- The act or capability of attracting.
- The quality of attracting; charm.
- A feature or characteristic that attracts.
- A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract: The main attraction was a Charlie Chaplin film.
- The electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged particles, tending to draw or hold the particles together.
- The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.
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attraction
noun
- The power or quality of attracting: allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal pull. See like/dislike.
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attraction
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Definition: drawing attention; something which draws attention
Antonyms: repulsion, revulsion
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IN BRIEF: The power of generating interest.
One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in.
— Henry David Thoreau
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attraction
The force or influence by which one object is drawn toward another.
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categories related to 'attraction'
- Flirtation, Dating, and Courting - attraction: sexual and romantic interest
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In general, an attraction draws one object towards another one. The term may have the following specific meanings.
- In physics, attraction may refer to gravity or to the electromagnetic force
- Attractiveness
- Interpersonal attraction - the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships.
- Attraction (grammar), the process by which a relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the case of its antecedent
- Law of Attraction (New Age) posits that a mental disposition will attract corresponding circumstances and events
- Tourist attraction
See also
- All pages beginning with "Attraction"
- All pages with titles containing "Attraction"
- Attract (disambiguation)
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Attraction
Dansk (Danish)
n. - tiltrækning, tiltrækningskraft
Nederlands (Dutch)
attractie, zwaartekracht, aantrekkelijkheid, aantrekkingskracht
Français (French)
n. - (Phys, fig) attraction, attrait(s), séductions (npl)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Anziehung, Attraktion, Reiz, Anziehungskraft
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλξη, θέλγητρο, γοητεία, αξιοθέατο, ατραξιόν, νούμερο
Italiano (Italian)
attrazione, fascino
Português (Portuguese)
n. - atração (f), fascinação (f), encanto (m)
Русский (Russian)
притяжение, аттракцион, шоу, привлекательность, очарование, сила притяжения
Español (Spanish)
n. - atracción, atractivo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - attraktion, dragningskraft
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吸引, 吸引人的事物, 吸引力
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吸引, 吸引人的事物, 吸引力
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 끄는 힘(매력), 인기물, 견인, 인력
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 魅力, アトラクション, 引きつけること, 引力
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جذب, جاذبيه, فتنه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - משיכה, אטרקציה, אדם או דבר המושכים שימת-לב, כוח-משיכה בין גופים (פיסיקה), נטייה לשינוי במילה לצורה לא-נכונה בהשפעת מלים שכנות
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