吸引子

xīyǐnzǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 attractor (mathematics, dynamical systems)

Examples

Luòlúncí xīyǐnzǐ shì hùndùn xìtǒng de jīngdiǎn lìzi.
The Lorenz attractor is a classic example of a chaotic system.
Xìtǒng zuìzhōng huì shōuliǎn dào yī gè xīyǐnzǐ.
The system will eventually converge to an attractor.

Tips

usage
Modeled on the English suffix '-or': 吸引 (attract) + (functional suffix marking a thing/agent), parallel to (operator), 因子 (factor), (filter). Standard term in nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory textbooks.

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