Totalistic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to totalism. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having the state of each cell represented by a number, and the value of a cell dependent only on the sum of the values of nearby cells. not-comparable

    "BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run."

  3. 3
    Outer totalistic. not-comparable

    "Many good applets run Moore binary totalistic rules such as Conway's Life, but WebsideCA also runs von Neumann rules, rules in the "Brian's Brain" family, non-totalistic binary and decay rules, and Cyclic rules."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life wordnet

Synonyms

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totalitariantotalitarian

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"BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run."

Etymology

From totalist + -ic.

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outer totalistic

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