Rectifier

Rectifier
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Pattern type	Stable reflector
Number of cells	59
Bounding box	41 × 33
Angle	180°
Repeat time	106
Discovered by	Adam P. Goucher
Year of discovery	2009
Pattern files Plaintext rectifier.cells RLE rectifier.rle

The rectifier is a 180° stable reflector, notable for its recovery time of 106 generations and small number of catalysts. It can replace the boojum reflector in a large number of instances, although in some cases it cannot fit into the space provided. It has several advantages over the boojum reflector, namely:

 * It has a much faster recovery time, allowing certain guns to be compacted.
 * The output path is free of catalysts, enabling it to be used as a merge device.
 * The passive bounding box is slightly smaller, so it can compact many glider guns.

The transparent beehive reaction was discovered by Paul Callahan in 1996.

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