glider
nounUK /ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/
Etymology From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.
10 senses
- 1One who glides.
- 2Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered…
- 3A pilot of glider aircraft.
- 4Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the…
- 5Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- 6A kind of garden swing.
- 7In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five…
- 8Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one…
- 9A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- 10Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on…
One who glides.
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
A pilot of glider aircraft.
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet.2007, Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
A kind of garden swing.
- Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices, published 2003, page 73:
- Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good!, page 5:
Cellular automata, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:1989 December 22, Norbert Roestel, “CA-LETTER”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
- I believe it is indeed new -- I've gone back through everything I can find, as far back as the early 90's when Heisenburp devices were first invented, and there don't seem to be any reactions based on a glider suppressing a blinker.2006 September 28, Dave Greene, “Small Heisenburp device in Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
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- In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.2008, Derek Abbott, Paul C. W. Davies, Arun Kumar Pati, Quantum Aspects Of Life, page 246:
Cellular automata, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Broadly Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- It is a reversible rule, and an interesting one. Shortly after I implemented it, Chris and I were watching it run from a small random configuration of vants, when we noticed a structure consisting of 2 vants propagating away from the others -- it is a glider of sorts, consisting of 2 cooperating vants moving along, erasing each others' trail.1989 June 11, David Hiebeler, comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
- I wanted to test some totalistic automaton and the glider with the B024S1 rule, which Ilmari Karonen described.2003 May 13, Frank Buss, “Totalistic Explorer and squirm”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
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- By contrast, consider a rule like Seeds (B2/S) that has "gliders" and oscillators and so forth, so theoretically it might support universal computation somehow.2007 May 12, Dave Greene, “Wanted: 2D CA, "as complex" but "denser" than Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- Derived terms
- delta glider, feather-tailed glider, feathertail glider, glider gun, greater glider, gyroglider, Hungarian glider, hydroglider, Krefft's glider, mahogany glider, ring-tailed glider, savanna glider, squirrel glider, stair glider, sugar glider, wrist-winged glider
- Hyponyms
- hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane