middleweight spaceship
middleweight spaceship noun: a particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the second smallest such example.
Noun
middleweight spaceship (plural middleweight spaceships)
- A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the second 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)
- The trailing middleweight spaceships convert the spark into a pair of pi-heptominos, which start the line of blinkers burning again, while leaving behind a pair of blocks.1996 December 16, Dean Hickerson, “What is his name ?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
Forms of middleweight spaceship
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Questions about middleweight spaceship
- What does middleweight spaceship mean?
- Middleweight spaceship means a particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the second smallest such example.
- What part of speech is middleweight spaceship?
- Middleweight spaceship is a noun.
- What is the plural of middleweight spaceship?
- The plural of middleweight spaceship is middleweight spaceships.
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