elementary cellular automaton

noun

A one-dimensional, two-state cellular automaton in which a cell's state in the next generation depends only on its current state and the states of its two immediate neighbours.

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Meanings

nounelementary cellular automaton (plural elementary cellular automata or elementary cellular automatons)

plural elementary cellular automata · plural elementary cellular automatons

  1. cellular automataA one-dimensional, two-state cellular automaton in which a cell's state in the next generation depends only on its current state and the states of its two immediate neighbours.
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