Complex sentence: In a cellular automaton, a Garden of Eden configuration is a configuration of the whole lattice of the automaton (usually a one-or two-dimensional infinite square lattice), that cannot be reached by any other such configuration.
Split into simpler sentences: In a cellular automaton, a Garden of Eden configuration is a pattern that has no predecessor. More precisely, a Garden of Eden is a configuration of the whole lattice of the automaton (usually a one-or two-dimensional infinite square lattice), that cannot be reached by any other such configuration.