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gol

gol is the alternative form of gul.

Meaning of gul

Noun

gul (plural guls)

  1. Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug.

See all 2 meanings of gul

Proper noun (1) capitalized: GOL

GOL

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Game of Life.
    • Any info about optimal GOL-algorithms are also welcome. The algorithm I figured is quite fast, but certainly not optimal.. I am using 320x198 (=63360) array of cells, and with my machine I am getting about 7.7 generations per second, but with some assembly optimizing I could be even faster.1993 September 7, Teemu Lahteenmaki, “Game of Life patterns wanted”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    • Can someone please tell me if/where there is a central repository or web site to which GoL pattern files may be posted? I have been doing some modest engineering/artwork in GoL that I wud like 2 share with others.2003 September 22, Otis Schmakel, “File Posting Place(s)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Noun capitalized: GoL

GoL

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Game of Life.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Gol

Gol

  1. A municipality and village therein, in Buskerud, Norway.

Forms of gol

pluralgols

Phrases with gol

Questions about gol

What does gol mean?
Gol means a municipality and village therein, in Buskerud, Norway.
What is gol the alternative form of?
Gol is the alternative form of gul.
What part of speech is gol?
Gol can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near gol in the dictionary

  1. Gokulashtami
  2. Gokuraku
  3. gokushoviral
  4. gokushovirus
  5. gokushoviruses
  6. gol
  7. Gol Gol
  8. gol-mol
  9. gola
  10. Golab
  11. Golabi-Ito-Hall syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gol (page history and authors); GOL (page history and authors); GoL (page history and authors); Gol (page history and authors); gul (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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