Evolution
Evolution is the process or result of running one or more generations of a pattern. For example, a row of 10 cells evolves into a pentadecathlon.
Reaction
Reaction refers to a specific evolution with some trait. For instance, in a traffic jam reaction, two traffic lights push each other out by 3 cells. Reactions can be classified in many ways, e.g. 2-glider collisions, over-unity reactions and catalytic reactions.
gollark: It looks like a train. It has rails and such.
gollark: Ah.
gollark: bees/cm²?
gollark: 628 what? Nanometres?
gollark: More information needed.
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