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See also: still-life
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]still life (plural still lifes or still lives)
- (painting) A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects.
- (cellular automata, usually countable) A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next.
- 1992 May 5, Holocaust-->Travesty, “the Hodge Podge machine”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[1] (Usenet):
- 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.
- 2003 December 12, Tony Finch, “Implementing Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[3] (Usenet):
- I haven't tested yet, but I expect hlife to win by a very large margin since the puffer train has lots of still life and blinkers to make Gosper's algorithm look good, and hlife's low-level implementation is quite good at handling the more random parts.
Synonyms
[edit]- (work of art): nature morte
Translations
[edit]work of art
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