Dock

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Dock
x = 6, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 b4o$o4bo$2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Induction coil
Number of cells 10
Bounding box 6 × 3
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery Unknown

Dock (or long house) is an induction coil.

Unlike house, dock can function as an eater for individual gliders, using the pre-block tipped ends similarly to that of the original fishhook eater.

The dock is the most common 4-cell induction coil to attach to a block as part of an oscillator, such as dock on unix and dock on blocker. With a bare block, the table is marginally more common than the dock.

Dock is a component of many other patterns, some examples of which are the following:

Oscillators

Cis-beacon on dock
Trans-beacon on dock
Griddle and dock

Still lifes

Beehive on dock
Cap and dock
Mirrored dock
Pond on dock
Table and dock