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Herschels

Herschels is the plural of Herschel.

Meaning of Herschel

Noun

Herschel (plural Herschels)

  1. A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah.
    • This Herschel could be sent through stages of Buckingham's components, producing an arbitrary excess of gliders along a variety of different paths.1996 November 16, Paul Callahan, “Still-life glider reflector found”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    D-heptomino, J-heptomino

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Questions about Herschels

What is Herschels the plural of?
Herschels is the plural of Herschel.

Words near Herschels in the dictionary

  1. Herschberger
  2. Herschbergers
  3. Herschel
  4. Herschel graph
  5. Herschelian
  6. Herschels
  7. herse
  8. hersed
  9. Hersee
  10. herself
  11. herselfe

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