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B-heptomino

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A particular seven-cell methuselah in Conway's Game of Life.

Examples

“Perturbations of its reaction also reproduce⟳ it in different generations. This might be tamed someday to form⟳ glider guns or puffers, as the B-heptomino in Life has been.”
“Actually, the period 30 "queen bee" shuttle seems irreparable, as it contains several instances of the Ship neighborhood duriod its cycle. It's the period 46 b-heptomino shuttle that can be stabilized with clocks.”
“In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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