engineered spaceship

noun

Any spaceship, often a large one, made of discrete parts that is designed through human effort, often through the aid of computer programs, as opposed to one that may emerge naturally from a soup or a similar random pattern, or a large artificial one that cannot be usefully analyzed as having discrete parts, such as Sir Robin or the Turtle.

Opposite
elementary spaceship
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Meanings

nounengineered spaceship (plural engineered spaceships)

plural engineered spaceships

  1. cellular automataAny spaceship, often a large one, made of discrete parts that is designed through human effort, often through the aid of computer programs, as opposed to one that may emerge naturally from a soup or a similar random pattern, or a large artificial one that cannot be usefully analyzed as having discrete parts, such as Sir Robin or the Turtle.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
elementary spaceship
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