name
Herschel
HURSHL
name
1
A surname.
2
A male given name.
"Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate removed a false claim – which inaccurately said the Republican candidate graduated from the University of Georgia – from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported."
— (2021)
3
archaic The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
4
One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas.
5
A place name: A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6
A place name: A former settlement on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.
7
A place name: A settlement in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sir John Herschel.
noun
1
A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah.
"This Herschel could be sent through stages of Buckingham's components, producing an arbitrary excess of gliders along a variety of different paths."
— (1996)
"This uses Paul Callahan's catalysis of a glider into a Herschel and a glider, followed by David Buckingham's 77, 64, 64, 77, and 77 gen Herschel moves."
— (1999)
"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."
— (2007)
Word Forms
Herschels plural
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Etymology
(Uranus): after its discoverer, William Herschel.