semitotalistic

English

Alternative forms

• semi-totalistic

Etymology

semi- +‎ totalistic

Adjective

semitotalistic (not comparable)

1. (cellular automata) Totalistic only on the outer planes.
   • 1992 June 15, Harold McIntosh, “Variations on Conway Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎^[1] (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.

   • 1994 October 11, Wayne Tvedt, “3D Cellular Automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎^[2] (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.

   • 2001 October 31, David Eppstein, “Four new rules with replicators”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I've recently discovered four new semi-totalistic rules (i.e. defined by neighbor counts, like Life) that have self-replicating patterns in them.

Synonyms

• outer totalistic