English Explanatory Dictionary

cellular automaton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions. Each application of an associated rule creates a new generation, where the cells have a new configuration of values.

Word forms

cellular automaton cellular automata cellular automatons

Synonyms

CA

Related words

pushdown automaton Turing machine

Derived words

block cellular automaton elementary cellular automaton Life-like cellular automaton partitioning cellular automaton

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