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semitotalistic

semitotalistic adjective: totalistic only on the outer planes.

Adjective

semitotalistic (not comparable)

  1. Totalistic only on the outer planes.
    • Those are fully symmetric, but not semitotalistic; the main difference lies, among other things, in whether a pair of diametrically opposed live cells should give birth to a new cell.1992 June 15, Harold McIntosh, “Variations on Conway Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    • Bays looked at several spots in the paramerization space of 'semi-totalistic' ('semi-totalistic' that my new state is a function of only my own state and the sum of my neighbors' states) on cubic as well as 'half-cubic' lattices.1994 October 11, Wayne Tvedt, “3D Cellular Automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Synonyms of semitotalistic

Forms of semitotalistic

alternative formsemi-totalistic

Origin of semitotalistic

From semi- + totalistic.

Questions about semitotalistic

What does semitotalistic mean?
Semitotalistic means totalistic only on the outer planes.
What part of speech is semitotalistic?
Semitotalistic is an adjective.

Words near semitotalistic in the dictionary

  1. semitoroidal
  2. semitoroids
  3. semitorpid
  4. semitortured
  5. semitorus
  6. semitotalistic
  7. semitough
  8. semitoxic
  9. semitractor
  10. semitractors
  11. semitraditional

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