or ATTORNMENT, in law, a transfer from one lord to another of the homage and service a tenant makes; or that acknowledgment of duty to a new lord.

Attraction, in natural philosophy, an indefinite term, applicable to all actions whereby bodies tend towards one another, whether in virtue of their weight, magnetism, electricity, impulse, or any other latent power. See MECHANICS, ELECTRICITY, &c.

Elective Attractions. See CHEMISTRY.