Herschel

English Etymology Uranus after its discoverer, William Herschel. Pronunciation en /ˈhɜːʃəl/ RP en /ˈhɝʃəl/ GA en ɜː(ɹ)ʃəl 2 Proper noun ~ en. en male. en Rachel Janfaza Herschel Walker campaign deletes a false claim saying the Republican candidate for Senate graduated from college w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/herschel-walker-campaign-deletes-false-claim-college-graduate 2021-12-17 Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate removed a false claim – which inaccurately said the Republican candidate graduated from the University of Georgia – from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206052733/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/herschel-walker-campaign-deletes-false-claim-college-graduate/ en astronomy obsolete The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III. en astronomy One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas. A place name: en special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, p/Saskatchewan c/Canada. en former settlement on Herschel Island, terr/Yukon c/Canada. en settlement p:suf/Eastern Cape c/South Africa, named after Sir John Herschel. Noun en cellular automata A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah. en 1996-11-16 Paul Callahan Still-life glider reflector found comp.theory.cell-automata https://groups.google.com/g/comp.theory.cell-automata/c/sHpFoieXvk4/m/NQRWMvcD76oJ This Herschel could be sent through stages of Buckingham's components, producing an arbitrary excess of gliders along a variety of different paths. en 1999-10-07 Mirek Wojtowicz Conway's Life: Glider reflector? comp.theory.cell-automata https://groups.google.com/g/comp.theory.cell-automata/c/8COyFw4Lj48/m/5RiR3KbAL7gJ This uses Paul Callahan's catalysis of a glider into a Herschel and a glider, followed by David Buckingham's 77, 64, 64, 77, and 77 gen Herschel moves. en 2007-05-12 Dave Greene Wanted: 2D CA, "as complex" but "denser" than Life comp.theory.cell-automata https://groups.google.com/g/comp.theory.cell-automata/c/AXR2xIeNo0U/m/WVtR90ObAWgJ In Conway's Life, for example, a surprising number of small patterns serendipitously create R-pentominos and/or B-heptominos, which are "tamable" and happen to travel very well; this is what allows Herschel circuitry to be built. Synonyms D-heptomino, J-heptomino en Planets of the Solar System