totalistic

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totalistic

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From totalist + -ic.

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not comparable Of or relating to totalism.
not comparable 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. BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run.
not comparable Outer totalistic. 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.

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@misc{totalistic_2026,
  title = {totalistic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/totalistic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}