strange attractor

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Noun strange attractor has 1 sense

strange attractor, chaotic attractor - an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
--₁ is a kind of attractor, attracter

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Term: Strange Attractor

Definition:

A strange attractor refers to a mathematical concept in chaos theory that characterizes the behavior of a chaotic system. It is a set of values in the system's state space that the system tends to gravitate towards over time.

Sample sentences:

The Lorenz attractor is one of the most well-known strange attractors.

The chaotic motion of a double pendulum can be represented by a strange attractor.

Scientists use strange attractors to better understand the unpredictability of natural phenomena like weather patterns.

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