##  [Attractor](/attractor) 

  ##  [Attractor](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/attractor-0) 

  

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Definition

A set in phase space toward which trajectories originating from a neighborhood asymptotically evolve under forward time, capturing the long-term behavior of a dissipative or driven system; may be a point, cycle, torus, or a strange (chaotic) attractor.