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| <noinclude>{{Snippet}}</noinclude>[[Image:Block.png|right]]'''Block''' is an extremely well-known and common [[still life]] that was found by [[John Conway]] in [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. In terms of its [[:Category:Strict still lifes with 4 cells|4]] [[cell]]s it is tied with [[tub]] as the smallest still life, and in terms of its 2×2 [[bounding box]] it is the outright the smallest.
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| Due to its small size, its ability to act as an [[eater]], and its simple [[glider synthesis|glider syntheses]], it is extremely useful in the construction of large patterns. It can be used as an [[induction coil]] as in [[block and dock]], [[block on table]] and [[griddle and block]].
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| The block was one of the patterns described in the original 1970 article by Martin Gardner that introduced the [[Conway's Game of Life|Game of Life]] to the world.
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