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'''Chirality''' is a term borrowed from chemistry to describe asymmetrical patterns with two distinct mirror-image orientations. One common use is in relation to [[Herschel | '''Chirality''' is a term borrowed from chemistry to describe asymmetrical patterns with two distinct mirror-image orientations. One common use is in relation to [[Herschel transmitter]]s, where the spacing between the two [[glider]]s in the [[tandem glider]] output can limit the [[receiver]] to a single chirality (see also [[Ambidextrous]]). | ||
Sometimes a [[rule]] or a [[pattern]] is described as chiral when it has two distinct mirror-image orientations. The oscillator shown below is chiral. | |||
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|rle = x = 24, y = 7, rule = 23/34/8 | |||
2.GF16.FG$3.GE14.EG$3.2GD12.D2G$.D.GA14.AG.D$2AE2BA12.A2BE2A$ABDBA14.ABDBA$.3A16.3A! | |||
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|caption = A <!-- note the space --> chiral oscillator<ref name="post32153" /> in the rule 23/34/8 | |||
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== References == | |||
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<ref name="post32153">{{LinkForumThread | |||
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|p = 32153 | |||
|title = Re: 23/34/8 | |||
|author = Rhombic | |||
|date = June 21, 2016 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{LinkLexicon|lex_c.htm#chirality}} | * {{LinkLexicon|lex_c.htm#chirality}} | ||
* {{LinkForumThread|f=11|p=2941|title=Rotation but no reflection (C4) MAP rules}} | |||
Latest revision as of 19:40, 13 November 2022
Chirality is a term borrowed from chemistry to describe asymmetrical patterns with two distinct mirror-image orientations. One common use is in relation to Herschel transmitters, where the spacing between the two gliders in the tandem glider output can limit the receiver to a single chirality (see also Ambidextrous).
Sometimes a rule or a pattern is described as chiral when it has two distinct mirror-image orientations. The oscillator shown below is chiral.
| A chiral oscillator[1] in the rule 23/34/8 (click above to open LifeViewer) |
References
- ↑ Rhombic (June 21, 2016). Re: 23/34/8 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Chirality at the Life Lexicon
- Rotation but no reflection (C4) MAP rules (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums