Cordership

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounCordership (plural Corderships)

plural Corderships

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

Origin

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

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APA

Cordership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordership

MLA

“Cordership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordership. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cordership,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordership.

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