spaceship

Definition

A manned vehicle that flies through space.

Etymology

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

Example Sentences

• "The spaceships look like a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells."
• "We describe software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata."
• "Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move[…]"

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