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Langton's ants

Langton's ants is the plural of Langton's ant.

Meaning of Langton's ant

Noun

Langton's ant (plural Langton's ants)

  1. A simulated ant, part of a cellular automaton with simple rules but complicated emergent behaviour. The ant traverses a square lattice of cells, changing their colours and its direction as it passes over them.

Questions about Langton's ants

What is Langton's ants the plural of?
Langton's ants is the plural of Langton's ant.

Words near Langton's ants in the dictionary

  1. Langthornes
  2. Langton
  3. Langton by Spilsby
  4. Langton Green
  5. Langton's ant
  6. Langton's ants
  7. Langtonian
  8. Langtonians
  9. Langtree
  10. Langtud
  11. language

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