English Explanatory Dictionary

Cordership

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A class of engineered spaceships in Conway's Game of Life based on the switch engine that move at a speed of c/12 diagonally.

Word forms

Cordership Corderships

Etymology

Named after Charles Corderman, who discovered the switch engine in 1971, with ship.

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