inward pull; something which excites interest and attention
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Attraction Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
(n.)
The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
(n.)
That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn 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.
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.)
similar words(12)
cohesive attraction
local attraction
molecular attraction
chemical attraction
diamagnetic attraction
adhesive attraction
attraction of gravitation
attraction or affinity
attraction sphere
gravitational attraction
capillary attraction
electrical attraction
Handdeniad = n. an attraction
Handdenu = to derive attraction
Tynedigaeth = n. attraction
Noun
1. the force by which one object attracts another
(synonym) attractive force
(antonym) repulsion, repulsive force
(hypernym) force
(hyponym) affinity
(derivation) attract
2. an entertainment that is offered to the public
(hypernym) show
(hyponym) travelogue, travelog
(derivation) attract, appeal
3. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
(synonym) attractiveness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) affinity
(derivation) attract, appeal
4. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees"
(synonym) attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet
(hypernym) feature, characteristic
(hyponym) attention
(derivation) attract, appeal
5. an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
(synonym) drawing card, draw, attractor, attracter
(hypernym) entertainer
(derivation) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
Attraction Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In general, an attraction draws one object towards another one. The term may have the following specific meanings.
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Attraction Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Attraction Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
noun
act of attracting
sexual attraction = feeling of wanting to have sexual intercourse with someone
act of attracting
sexual attraction = feeling of wanting to have sexual intercourse with someone
