"Turing pattern" meaning in All languages combined

See Turing pattern on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Turing patterns [plural]
Etymology: Introduced by English mathematician Alan Turing in a 1952 paper titled The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Turing pattern (plural Turing patterns)
  1. (biology, mathematics) A pattern, found in nature, that arises naturally and autonomously from a homogeneous, uniform state, through instability. Wikipedia link: Alan Turing Categories (topical): Biology, Mathematics Related terms: Turing instability
    Sense id: en-Turing_pattern-en-noun-tpcup6f5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biology, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences

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