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cellular automaton

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A discrete mathematical model or dynamical system of an infinite, regular lattice in a finite number of dimensions, which consists of cells, each in a finite number of states. The cells evolve in discrete time steps according to a set of rules based on the state of both the cell and its neighboring cells.

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  • noun computing theory An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions.

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