Herschel
English edit
Etymology edit
(Uranus): after its discoverer, William Herschel.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝʃl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːʃl̩/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃəl
Proper noun edit
Herschel
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- (astronomy, obsolete) The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
- (astronomy) One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas.
- A place name:
- A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A former settlement on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.
- A settlement in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sir John Herschel.
Noun edit
Herschel (plural Herschels)
- (cellular automata) A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah.
- 2007 May 12, Dave Greene, “Wanted: 2D CA, "as complex" but "denser" than Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[3] (Usenet):
- In Conway's Life, for example, a surprising number of small patterns serendipitously create R-pentominos and/or B-heptominos, which are "tamable" and happen to travel very well; this is what allows Herschel circuitry to be built.