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1Life-like cellular automaton — A cellular automaton (CA) is Life like (in the sense of being similar to Conway s Game of Life) if it meets the following criteria: The array of cells of the automaton has two dimensions. Each cell of the automaton has two states (conventionally… …
2like a robot — like an automaton, without feeling or emotion …
3automaton — n. (pl. automata or automatons) 1 a piece of mechanism with concealed motive power. 2 a person who behaves mechanically, like an automaton. Etymology: L f. Gk, neut. of automatos acting of itself: see AUTO …
4Automaton — This article is about a self operating machine. For other uses of Automaton, see Automaton (disambiguation) or Automata (disambiguation). An automaton (plural: automata or automatons ) is a self operating machine. The word is sometimes used to… …
5Automaton clock — An automaton clock is a type of striking clock featuring automatons. Clocks like these were often built during the Middle Ages in Europe. A Cuckoo clock is a simple form of this type of clock. Often, the automatons come out on the hour to strike… …
6automaton — UK [ɔːˈtɒmətən] / US [ɔˈtɑmətən] noun [countable] Word forms automaton : singular automaton plural automatons or automata UK [ɔːˈtɒmətə] / US [ɔˈtɑmətə] 1) someone who behaves like a machine and shows no feelings 2) a machine that can move and do …
7automaton — n. (pl. ♦ automata) automatic mechanism, especially one effecting complex actions; robot; person who acts like a machine. ♦ automatism, n. machine like action or routine; involuntary action; belief that actions are not controlled by… …
8automaton — au|tom|a|ton [ ɔ tamətən ] noun count 1. ) a machine that can move and do things without being controlled by someone 2. ) someone who behaves like a machine and shows no feelings …
9Büchi automaton — A Büchi automaton is the extension of a finite state automaton to infinite inputs. It accepts an infinite input sequence iff there exists a run of the automaton (in case of a deterministic automaton, there is exactly one possible run) which… …
10Cellular automaton — A cellular automaton (plural: cellular automata) is a discrete model studied in computability theory, mathematics, theoretical biology and microstructure modeling. It consists of a regular grid of cells , each in one of a finite number of states …