Defn: The quality or degree of attractive power.
ATTRACTOR
At*tract"or, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne
ATTRAHENT
At"tra*hent, a. Etym: [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See
Attract, v. t.]
Defn: Attracting; drawing; attractive.
ATTRAHENT
At"tra*hent, n.
1. That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
ATTRAP
At*trap", v. t. Etym: [F. attraper to catch; à (L. ad) + trappe trap.
See Trap (for taking game).]