Turing pattern

A pattern, found in nature, that arises naturally and autonomously from a homogeneous, uniform state, through instability.

Noun

  1. A pattern, found in nature, that arises naturally and autonomously from a homogeneous, uniform state, through instability.

Origin

Introduced by English mathematician Alan Turing in a 1952 paper titled The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis.

Forms

Turing patterns

Related

Turing instability