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cellular automatons

cellular automatons is the plural of cellular automaton.

Meaning of cellular automaton

Noun

cellular automaton (plural cellular automata or cellular automatons)

  1. An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions. Each application of an associated rule creates a new generation, where the cells have a new configuration of values.
    • Or maybe just taking some precautions when setting up the division scheme for a particular cellular automaton might be good enough in other cases, depending on how dynamic and non-homogeneous the behavior over the grid will be.1989 March 21, Dave Hiebeler, “Fast LIFE (was: Re: summing 9-cell neighborhoods)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    CA

Questions about cellular automatons

What is cellular automatons the plural of?
Cellular automatons is the plural of cellular automaton.

Words near cellular automatons in the dictionary

  1. cellula
  2. cellulae
  3. cellular
  4. cellular automata
  5. cellular automaton
  6. cellular automatons
  7. cellular data
  8. cellular debris
  9. cellular glass insulation
  10. cellular glass insulations
  11. cellular internet

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