#288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.]
Attraction. —­ N. attraction, attractiveness; attractivity[obs3]; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction[obs3].
     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[obs3]; 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[obs3], attractive, adducent[obs3],
adductive[obs3].
     centrifugal. 
     Phr. ubi mel ibi apes [Latin][Plautus].

     #289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion. —­ N.
repulsion; driving from &c. v.; repulse, abduction.
     magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity. 
     V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from &c. 276; chase, dispel;
retrude[obs3]; abduce[obs3], abduct; send away; repulse.
     keep at arm’s length, turn one’s back upon, give the cold shoulder;
send off, send away with a flea in one’s ear. 
     Adj. repelling &c. v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent[obs3],
abductive[obs3].
     centripetal
     Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel,
opposite poles attract.

     #290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence. —­ N. convergence, confluence,
concourse, conflux[obs3], congress, concurrence, concentration; convergency; appulse[obs3], meeting; corradiation[obs3].
     assemblage &c. 72; resort &c. (focus) 74; asymptote. 
     V. converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close
with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in.
     gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus. 
     Adj. converging &c. v.; convergent, confluent, concurrent;
centripetal; asymptotical, asymptotic; confluxible[obs3].

     #291. [Motion further off.] Divergence. —­ N. divergence,
divergency[obs3]; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation &c. (disjunction) 44; dispersion &c. 73; deviation &c. 279; aberration. 
     V. diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file
off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse &c. 73; deviate &c. 279; part &c. (separate) 44. 
     Adj. diverging &c. v.; divergent, radiant, centrifugal; aberrant.