Something which attracts.
A set of points or states to which a dynamical system evolves after a long enough time. That is, points that get close enough to the attractor remain close even if slightly disturbed.
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
Ancestry; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
To select parts of a whole
To determine (a root of a number).
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).