attractor
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at·trac·tor
(ə-trăk'tər) 
n.
n.
- also attracter One that attracts: flowers that are excellent attractors of hummingbirds.
- Physics. A set of physical properties toward which a system tends to evolve, regardless of the starting conditions of the system.
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