- 吸引子 xīyǐnzi attractor(math) a state or set of states toward which a system tends to evolve over time in a dynamical system
- 药引子 yàoyǐnzi medicine adjuvant(Chinese medicine) an ingredient added to a prescription to guide the main medicine to a specific part of the body or to enhance its effectiveness; also called [[药引|藥引|yao4 yin3]]
- 吸引子网络 xīyǐnzǐwǎngluò attractor networkA type of recurrent dynamical network that evolves toward a stable state over time; common in models of memory and neural processing.
- 引子酶 yǐnzǐméi primaseenzyme involved in the replication of DNA that synthesizes a short RNA segment called a primer