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still lifes

still lifes is the plural of still life.

Meaning of still life

Noun

still life (plural still lifes or still lives)

  1. (painting) A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects.
    Synonyms:
    nature morte
  2. (countable, usually) A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next.
    • I think you're talking about a configuration known as "eater," a still life in 6-8 cells. If the glider hits the right spot, the eater will form a bridge and destroy the glider while undergoing little change before reverting.1992 May 5, Holocaust-->Travesty, “the Hodge Podge machine”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Questions about still lifes

What is still lifes the plural of?
Still lifes is the plural of still life.

Words near still lifes in the dictionary

  1. still frames
  2. still got one's communion money
  3. still image
  4. still images
  5. still life
  6. still lifes
  7. still lives
  8. still picture
  9. still pictures
  10. still store
  11. still stores

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