Meanings
nounstrange attractor (plural strange attractors)
plural strange attractors
- mathematicsAn attractor that has a non-integer dimension or whose dynamics on it are chaotic.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
Similar
chaotic attractor
Broader
attractorattracter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The term was coined by David Ruelle and Floris Takens.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian странен атрактор
- странен атрактор (stranen atraktor)kind of attractor
Czech podivný atraktor
- podivný atraktorkind of attractor
French attracteur étrange
- attracteur étrangekind of attractor
Italian attrattore strano
- attrattore stranokind of attractor
Spanish atractor extraño
- atractor extrañokind of attractor
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“strange attractor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strange%20attractor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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