What does attraction mean?
Definitions for attraction
əˈtræk ʃənat·trac·tion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word attraction.
Princeton's WordNet
attraction, attractive forcenoun
the force by which one object attracts another
attractionnoun
an entertainment that is offered to the public
attraction, attractivenessnoun
the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
"her personality held a strange attraction for him"
attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnetnoun
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
"flowers are an attractor for bees"
drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracternoun
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
"he was the biggest drawing card they had"
Wiktionary
attractionnoun
The tendency to attract
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity
attractionnoun
The feeling of being attracted
I felt a strange attraction towards the place
attractionnoun
An event or location that has a tendency to attract visitors
The new mall should be a major attraction
Etymology: from attraction, from attractio from past participle of attraho (= ad + traho)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Attractionnoun
Etymology: from attract.
The drawing of amber and jet, and other electrick bodies, and the attraction in gold of the spirit of quicksilver at distance; and the attraction of heat at distance; and that of fire to naphtha; and that of some herbs to water, though at distance; and divers others, we shall handle. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Loadstones and touched needles, laid long in quicksilver, have not admitted their attraction. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Attraction may be performed by impulse, or some other means; I use that word, to signify any force by which bodies tend towards one another. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
Setting the attraction of my good parts aside, I have no other charms. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
ChatGPT
attraction
Attraction is a feeling of interest, admiration, or desire towards someone or something due to their physical appearance, qualities, abilities, or characteristics. It can also refer to the force by which objects tend to move or draw closer to each other, particularly in reference to the gravitational force. Furthermore, attraction can refer to a place which draws visitors due to its natural beauty, historical significance, or entertaining features.
Webster Dictionary
Attractionnoun
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
Attractionnoun
the act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction
Attractionnoun
the power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence
Attractionnoun
that which attracts; an attractive object or feature
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Attraction
The tendency to approach and adhere or cohere, shown by all forms of matter. It includes gravitation, cohesion, adhesion, chemical affinity and other forms, and is opposed by repulsion, and is sometimes overcome by it, although it may be assumed to be always present. See the different kinds of attractions under their titles: Atomic Attraction, Electro-magnetic Attraction and Repulsion, Electro Static Attraction and Repulsion, Electro-dynamic Attraction and Repulsion; Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion; Molar Attraction.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
attraction
The power of drawing, or the principle by which all bodies mutually tend towards each other; the great agent in nature's wonderful operations.--Attraction of mountains, the deviating influence exercised on the plumb-line by the vicinity of high land. But exerting also a marvellous effect on all floating bodies, for every seaman knows that a ship stands inshore faster than she stands out, the distances being similar.
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'attraction' in Nouns Frequency: #1625
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of attraction in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of attraction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of attraction in a Sentence
We did not find much chemical or visual attraction to one another, and research into their eyes suggests they may not be able to perceive the flashing in one another.
It became a tourist attraction.
The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.
North Korea is not North Korea, so the same tactics the Trump administration used on North Korea should not be applied to the closest allies of the The US, the US leads in the world by the power of attraction, not by the power of coercion.
We're kind of a tourist attraction right now.
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- جاذبيةArabic
- атракцион, притегляне, привличане, привлекателностBulgarian
- atraccióCatalan, Valencian
- přitažlivostCzech
- Anziehungskraft, Anziehung, Liebreiz, Attraktion, ReizGerman
- έλξη, θέλγητρο, δέλεαρ, πόλος έλξηςGreek
- atracciónSpanish
- veto, vetonaula, vetovoimatekijä, nähtävyys, vetonumero, viehätys, vetovoimaFinnish
- attirance, attractionFrench
- משיכה, אטרקציהHebrew
- vonzalom, látnivaló, vonzásHungarian
- attrattiva, attrazioneItalian
- משיכהHebrew
- The word "attraction" in Japanese can be translated as 魅力 (みりょく, miryoku) for the sense of charm or appeal, or アトラクション (atorakushon) for amusement park rides or events. Depending on the context, you might choose one over the other.Japanese
- 끌어 당김Korean
- кызыктыргычтык, татканткыч жем, тартыш, жылуулук, жакшынакайлык, жагымдуулук, татынакайлык, тартуу, өзүнө тарткычтык, аттракцион, сонундукKyrgyz
- attractionLatin
- manawarekaMāori
- trekpleister, aantrekkingskracht, attractieDutch
- przyciąganie, atrakcja, przywiązaniePolish
- atraçãoPortuguese
- atracție, atragereRomanian
- влечение, Привлечение, аттракцион, привлекательностьRussian
- privlačnost, atrakcijaSlovene
- atraksion, tërheqje, joshjeAlbanian
- ఆకర్షణTelugu
- по́тяг, привабливістьUkrainian
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