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Encyclopedia > Attraction
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In general, an attraction draws one object towards another one. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • In physics, attraction may refer to gravity or to the electromagnetic force.
  • If a person finds an object, situation, feeling, another person, etc., attractive, then he/she/it is considered enjoyable/desireable.
    • If it is another person who is found to be attractive, it is called interpersonal attraction; this is not necessarily sexual, and can be due to an appeal of facial features. Friendship and possibly romance can follow if the attraction is mutual.
  • Sexual attraction is a more specific form of the above case.
  • In entertainment, attraction is a theatrical production.
  • In grammar, attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the case of its antecedent.
  • In metaphysics, Law of Attraction posits that a mental disposition will attract equivalent external circumstances and events.

Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a force on particles that possess the property of electric charge, and is in turn affected by the presence and motion of those particles. ... In social psychology, interpersonal attraction (known as biological attraction in animals/insects) is the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships. ... In a species that reproduces sexually, sexual attraction is an attraction to other members of the same species for sexual or erotic activity. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on -- that is, is attracted to -- the case of its antecedent, rather than having the case appropriate to its function in the relative clause. ... A relative pronoun is a pronoun that marks a relative clause within a larger sentence. ... In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns and adjectives to indicate such features as number (typically singular vs. ... In grammar, an antecedent is the noun or noun phrase to which a pronoun refers. ... The Law of Attraction is an idea that is widespread in New Thought philosophy. ...

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Attraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (126 words)
In general, attraction is a force that moves one object to another.
In physics, attraction may be gravity or electromagnetic force.
In grammar, attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the case of its antecedent.
Sexual attraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1550 words)
Sexual attraction, in species which reproduce sexually, is attraction to other members of the same species for reproduction.
Some studies suggest that one source of physical attraction of a human male to a human female is dependent upon a proportion between the width of the hips and the width of the waist (see Golden ratio).
Sexual attraction to a man by a woman is determined largely by the height of the man. For the woman, the man should be at least a few percent taller than her in order to be perceived as handsome.
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