n.1 a the act or power of attracting (the attraction of foreign travel). b a person or thing that attracts by arousing interest (the fair is a big attraction).
2 Physics the force by which bodies attract or approach each other (opp. REPULSION).
3 Gram. the influence exerted by one word on another which causes it to change to an incorrect form, e.g. the wages of sin is death.
Etymology: F attraction or L attractio (as ATTRACT, -ION)