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B-heptomino

B-heptomino noun: a particular seven-cell methuselah in Conway's Game of Life.

Noun

B-heptomino (plural B-heptominoes)

  1. A particular seven-cell methuselah in Conway's Game of Life.
    • Perturbations of its reaction also reproduce it in different generations. This might be tamed someday to form glider guns or puffers, as the B-heptomino in Life has been.1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 3/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    • Actually, the period 30 "queen bee" shuttle seems irreparable, as it contains several instances of the Ship neighborhood duriod its cycle. It's the period 46 b-heptomino shuttle that can be stabilized with clocks.1994 May 11, Paul Callahan, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 3/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Forms of B-heptomino

pluralB-heptominoes

Questions about B-heptomino

What does B-heptomino mean?
B-heptomino means a particular seven-cell methuselah in Conway's Game of Life.
What part of speech is B-heptomino?
B-heptomino is a noun.
What is the plural of B-heptomino?
The plural of B-heptomino is B-heptominoes.

Words near B-heptomino in the dictionary

  1. B-frames
  2. b-fs
  3. b-girl
  4. b-girling
  5. b-girls
  6. B-heptomino
  7. B-heptominoes
  8. b-hop
  9. b-hopped
  10. b-hopping
  11. b-hops

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