attractoryadj.

Brit.

/əˈtrakt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/əˈtræktəri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin attractorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin attractorius (1637 in the passage translated in quot. 1641) < classical Latin attract- , past participial stem of attrahere attract v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier attracting adj., attractive adj.

rare.

That is an attractor; of or relating to an attractor; attractive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > drawing

drawinga1398

attractivea1400

extractive1599

attractory1641

eductive1657

epispastic1657

attrahent1661

trahent1661

1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. iv. 579 The craft of the Spider, saith he [sc. Campanella]..is wonderfull, or stupendious; by reason she makes her net, frameth the attractory threads [L. fila attractoria] of her web.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 159/2 In this [fever] especially Hippocrates propounded his attractory Broths [L. sorbitiones attractorias].

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. V. xxxvi. 346 Attractory Ferrum, or the stone that will attract iron, is a mineralized iron, which serves to shew the poles of the world.

1850 A. W. Hofmann & H. B. Jones tr. J. Liebig & H. Kopp Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. 1847–8 II. 510 The principal mass and the little plates are only retractory, the latter even more so than iron; the sulphide of iron, however, is also attractory.

1989 C. Jeffries Math. Modeling Ecol. iii. 57 Using information from the previous problem, show the constant trajectory x̂(t) = (0,0) is an attractory trajectory for this system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	attractory
释义	attractoryadj. Brit. /əˈtrakt(ə)ri/, U.S. /əˈtræktəri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin attractorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin attractorius (1637 in the passage translated in quot. 1641) < classical Latin attract- , past participial stem of attrahere attract v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier attracting adj., attractive adj. rare. That is an attractor; of or relating to an attractor; attractive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > drawing drawinga1398 attractivea1400 extractive1599 attractory1641 eductive1657 epispastic1657 attrahent1661 trahent1661 1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. iv. 579 The craft of the Spider, saith he [sc. Campanella]..is wonderfull, or stupendious; by reason she makes her net, frameth the attractory threads [L. fila attractoria] of her web. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 159/2 In this [fever] especially Hippocrates propounded his attractory Broths [L. sorbitiones attractorias]. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. V. xxxvi. 346 Attractory Ferrum, or the stone that will attract iron, is a mineralized iron, which serves to shew the poles of the world. 1850 A. W. Hofmann & H. B. Jones tr. J. Liebig & H. Kopp Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. 1847–8 II. 510 The principal mass and the little plates are only retractory, the latter even more so than iron; the sulphide of iron, however, is also attractory. 1989 C. Jeffries Math. Modeling Ecol. iii. 57 Using information from the previous problem, show the constant trajectory x̂(t) = (0,0) is an attractory trajectory for this system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1641
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