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<p><a name=vacuum>:</a><b>vacuum</b> Empty space. That is, space containing only dead <a href="lex_c.htm#cell">cells</a>.
<p><a name=venetianblinds>:</a><b>Venetian blinds</b> The p2 <a href="lex_a.htm#agar">agar</a> obtained by using the pattern <tt>O..O</tt> to
tile the plane. Period 2 stabilizations of finite patches of this
agar are known.
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<p><a name=verylong>:</a><b>very long</b> = <a href="lex_l.htm#longlong">long long</a>
<p><a name=verylonghouse>:</a><b>very long house</b> The following <a href="lex_i.htm#inductioncoil">induction coil</a>.
<center><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><pre><a href="lexpatt:.OOOOO.$O..O..O$OO...OO$"
>.OOOOO.
O..O..O
OO...OO
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<p><a name=volatility>:</a><b>volatility</b> The volatility of an <a href="lex_o.htm#oscillator">oscillator</a> is the size (in cells)
of its <a href="lex_r.htm#rotor">rotor</a> divided by the sum of the sizes of its rotor and its
<a href="lex_s.htm#stator">stator</a>. In other words, it is the proportion of cells involved in
the oscillator which actually oscillate. For many periods there are
known oscillators with volatility 1, see for example <a href="lex_a.htm#achimsp16">Achim's p16</a>,
<a href="lex_f.htm#figure8">figure-8</a>, <a href="lex_k.htm#koksgalaxy">Kok's galaxy</a>, <a href="lex_m.htm#mazing">mazing</a>, <a href="lex_p.htm#pentadecathlon">pentadecathlon</a>, <a href="lex_p.htm#phoenix">phoenix</a>,
<a href="lex_r.htm#relay">relay</a>, <a href="lex_s.htm#smiley">smiley</a> and <a href="lex_t.htm#tumbler">tumbler</a>. Such an oscillator of period 3 was
found in August 2012 by Jason Summers.
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<p>The smallest period for which the existence of such statorless
oscillators is undecided is 7. There are oscillators with volatility
arbitrarily close to 1 for all but finitely many periods, because of
the possibility of feeding the gliders from a <a href="lex_t.htm#true">true</a> period <i>n</i> <a href="lex_g.htm#gun">gun</a>
into an <a href="lex_e.htm#eater">eater</a>.
<p>The term "volatility" is due to Robert Wainwright. See also
<a href="lex_s.htm#strictvolatility">strict volatility</a>.
<p><a name=volcano>:</a><b>volcano</b> Any of a number of p5 oscillators which produce sparks. See
<a href="lex_l.htm#lightweightvolcano">lightweight volcano</a>, <a href="lex_m.htm#middleweightvolcano">middleweight volcano</a> and
<a href="lex_h.htm#heavyweightvolcano">heavyweight volcano</a>.
<p><a name=vonneumannneighbourhood>:</a><b>von Neumann neighbourhood</b> The set of all cells that are orthogonally
adjacent to a cell or group of cells. The von Neumann neighbourhood
of a cell can be thought of as the points at a Manhattan distance of
1 from that cell. Compare <a href="lex_m.htm#mooreneighbourhood">Moore neighbourhood</a>.
<p>Cell neighbourhoods can also be defined with a higher range. The
von Neumann neighbourhood of range <i>n</i> can be defined recursively as
the von Neumann neighbourhood of the von Neumann neighbourhood of
range <i>n</i>-1. For example, the von Neumann neighbourhood of range 2 is
the set of all cells that are orthogonally adjacent to the range-1
von Neumann neighbourhood.
<p><a name=vpentomino>:</a><b>V-pentomino</b> Conway's name for the following <a href="lex_p.htm#pentomino">pentomino</a>, a <a href="lex_l.htm#loaf">loaf</a>
<a href="lex_p.htm#predecessor">predecessor</a>.
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>O..
O..
OOO
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<p><a name=vspark>:</a><b>V spark</b> A common three-bit <a href="lex_p.htm#polyplet">polyplet</a> <a href="lex_s.htm#spark">spark</a>, produced most notably
by the <a href="lex_p.htm#pentadecathlon">pentadecathlon</a>.
<center><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td><pre><a href="lexpatt:O.O$.O.$"
>O.O
.O.
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The spark can convert a <a href="lex_p.htm#preblock">pre-block</a> or <a href="lex_b.htm#block">block</a> into a <a href="lex_g.htm#glider">glider</a> as
shown here:
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>.O...
OO..O
...O.
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Also see <a href="lex_p.htm#pdpairreflector">PD-pair reflector</a>.
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<a href="lex_1.htm">1-9</a> |
<a href="lex_a.htm">A</a> |
<a href="lex_b.htm">B</a> |
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<a href="lex_d.htm">D</a> |
<a href="lex_e.htm">E</a> |
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<a href="lex_o.htm">O</a> |
<a href="lex_p.htm">P</a> |
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<a href="lex_u.htm">U</a> |
<a href="lex_v.htm">V</a> |
<a href="lex_w.htm">W</a> |
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<A href="lex_z.htm">Z</A></b>
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