ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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].
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 † ; abduce † ,
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 † , abductive † .
centripetal
Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.
290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence -- N. convergence, confluence, concourse,
conflux † , congress, concurrence, concentration; convergency; appulse † , meeting;
corradiation † .
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 † .
291. [Motion further off.] Divergence -- N. divergence, divergency † ; 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.
292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival -- N. arrival, advent; landing; debarkation,
disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur [Fr.].