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Noun: chaotic attractor
  1. An attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
    "The Lorenz attractor is a well-known example of a chaotic attractor";
    - strange attractor

Derived forms: chaotic attractors

Type of: attracter [rare], attractor

Encyclopedia: Chaotic attractor