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at·trac·tion 
[uh-trak-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
[uh-trak-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act, power, or property of attracting. |
| 2. | attractive quality; magnetic charm; fascination; allurement; enticement: the subtle attraction of her strange personality. |
| 3. | a person or thing that draws, attracts, allures, or entices: The main attraction was the after-dinner speaker. |
| 4. | a characteristic or quality that provides pleasure; attractive feature: The chief attractions of the evening were the good drinks and witty conversation. |
| 5. | Physics. the electric or magnetic force that acts between oppositely charged bodies, tending to draw them together. |
| 6. | an entertainment offered to the public. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| attraction | |
noun | |
| 1. | the force by which one object attracts another [ant: repulsion] |
| 2. | an entertainment that is offered to the public |
| 3. | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
| 4. | a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" |
| 5. | an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing card] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
attraction at·trac·tion (ə-trāk'shən)
n.
A force acting mutually between particles of matter to draw them together and to resist their separation.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Attraction
At*trac"tion\, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.]1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation. Note: Attraction is exerted at both sensible and insensible distances, and is variously denominated according to its qualities or phenomena. Under attraction at sensible distances, there are, -- (1.) Attraction of gravitation, which acts at all distances throughout the universe, with a force proportional directly to the product of the masses of the bodies and inversely to the square of their distances apart. (2.) Magnetic, diamagnetic, and electrical attraction, each of which is limited in its sensible range and is polar in its action, a property dependent on the quality or condition of matter, and not on its quantity. Under attraction at insensible distances, there are, -- (1.) Adhesive attraction, attraction between surfaces of sensible extent, or by the medium of an intervening substance. (2.) Cohesive attraction, attraction between ultimate particles, whether like or unlike, and causing simply an aggregation or a union of those particles, as in the absorption of gases by charcoal, or of oxygen by spongy platinum, or the process of solidification or crystallization. The power in adhesive attraction is strictly the same as that of cohesion. (3.) Capillary attraction, attraction causing a liquid to rise, in capillary tubes or interstices, above its level outside, as in very small glass tubes, or a sponge, or any porous substance, when one end is inserted in the liquid. It is a special case of cohesive attraction. (4.) Chemical attraction, or affinity, that peculiar force which causes elementary atoms, or groups of atoms, to unite to form molecules. 2. The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction. --Newton. 3. The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence. 4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature. Syn: Allurement; enticement; charm.
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