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semitotalistic en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + totalistic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Totalistic only on the outer planes.
   • I've recently discovered four new semi-totalistic rules (i.e. defined by neighbor counts, like Life) that have self-replicating patterns in them. 2001 October 31, David Eppstein, “Four new rules with replicators”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
   • Bays looked at several spots in the paramerization space of 'semi-totalistic' ('semi-totalistic' that my new state is a function of only my own state and the sum of my neighbors' states) on cubic as well as 'half-cubic' lattices. 1994 October 11, Wayne Tvedt, “3D Cellular Automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
   • Those are fully symmetric, but not semitotalistic; the main difference lies, among other things, in whether a pair of diametrically opposed live cells should give birth to a new cell. 1992 June 15, Harold McIntosh, “Variations on Conway Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):

Forms

Synonyms

outer totalistic