Spaceship

Definitions

1. A manned vehicle that flies through space.
2. A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
3. The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
4. A computer.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The spaceships look⟳ like⟳ a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells.”

“We describe⟳ software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata.”

“Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like⟳ oscillators that move⟳[…]”

“If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort⟳ in the opposite order⟳[…]”

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