An attractor refers to something or someone that has the ability to draw, attract, or pull things towards itself. It can be a physical object, a person, or an abstract concept that possesses an appealing or captivating quality. Full definition
In an attempt to understand and feel the mathematical concept of strange attractors in dynamical systems, she jumbles her recent obsession for doughnuts, fortune - tellers, hemorrhoids, and things detected in the world». (vernissage.tv)
So, they dialed up this quick little hook pass to Edelman with attractors outside of him to make sure he was open. (sbnation.com)
The mapping of Laniakea enables astronomers to conceptualize the Great Attractor as the basin of a gravitational «valley» — the end point of the supercluster's watershed. (keckobservatory.org)