Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.]

Attraction — N. attraction, attractiveness; attractivity†; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction†. electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling; magnetism, magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation. [objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar†; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator. electrical charge; positive charge, negative charge. magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole. V. attract, draw; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce. Adj. attracting &c v.; attrahent†, attractive, adducent†, adductive†. centrifugal. Phr. ubi mel ibi apes [Lat.] [Plautus].