lightweight spaceship
lightweight spaceship noun: a particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the smallest such example.
Noun
lightweight spaceship (plural lightweight spaceships)
- A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the smallest such example.
- To begin with and to be complete, I will list the original spaceships. These are the glider, the lightweight spaceship (LWSS), middleweight spaceship (MWSS), and the heavyweight spaceship (HWSS). These were all found very soon after Life was invented by Conway.1992 August 13, David Bell, “Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 1)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- It's a reaction between a glider and a lightweight spaceship spark, nondestructive to the spaceship (so it can be used in puffers):1994 May 14, Paul Callahan, “Louis Howell's question of block clearing in life (simple solution)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- LWSS
Synonyms of lightweight spaceship
Forms of lightweight spaceship
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Questions about lightweight spaceship
- What does lightweight spaceship mean?
- Lightweight spaceship means a particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the smallest such example.
- What part of speech is lightweight spaceship?
- Lightweight spaceship is a noun.
- What is the plural of lightweight spaceship?
- The plural of lightweight spaceship is lightweight spaceships.
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