"Langton's ant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Langton's ants [plural]
Etymology: Invented by Chris Langton in 1986. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Langton's ant (plural Langton's ants)
  1. A simulated ant, part of a cellular automaton with simple rules but complicated emergent behaviour. The ant traverses a square lattice of cells, changing their colours and its direction as it passes over them. Wikipedia link: Langton's ant Categories (topical): Cellular automata Hypernyms: turmite
    Sense id: en-Langton's_ant-en-noun-isGJI7U5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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