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glider gun

n. (context mathematics English) In the (w: Game of Life) cellular automaton, any pattern that "fires" out gliders.

Usage examples of "glider gun".

Shaking his head, Renna took back the stylus and drew a glider gun on the other side of the board, aimed at the figure she had just drawn.

In fact, it is possible to fire several gliders to form new figures at the point of convergence -- even another glider gun that shoots back at its parent guns, destroying them.

In fact, it is possible to fire several gliders to form new figures at the point of convergence-even another glider gun that shoots back at its parent guns, destroying them.