Self-synthesizing

An object is said to be self-synthesizing if at least one of the phases of its evoltion is its own glider synthesis. More generally, it can refer to a pattern in any rule which is composed entirely of spaceships (which are able to come from infinity) in at least one phase.

The self-synthesizing oblique loopship is one explicitly constructed example in Life.

MOS

MOS is an acronym for Made Of Spaceships, and is used to refer to classes of self-synthesizing objects. The acronym is rarely used in isolation, and is often combined with another letter representing another pattern class:

• SMOS: Spaceship made of spaceships
  • SMOSMOS: Spaceship made of spaceships made of spaceships
• OMOS: Oscillator made of spaceships
• RMOS: Replicator made of spaceships