checkerboard pattern

collocation in English

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checkerboard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃek.ə.bɔː.d/us
/ˈtʃek.ɚ.bɔːrd/
a board with dark and light squares, often black and white, used for playing ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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Images acquired while the animal viewed the blank screen were subtracted from those obtained during presentation of thecheckerboardpattern.
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As a consequence of this orientation dependence, the per turbation evolves from random in the x-y plane to acheckerboardpatternof prominent bubbles during linear growth.
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Commonly, quarter marks are made in acheckerboardpattern, but many variations exist.
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This created acheckerboardpatternalong proposed rail way.
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The point of intersection of these figures was often indicated by hatching or acheckerboardpattern, used for divination and gaming in later periods.
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Coloration of the head ranges from blue to magenta, with a brokencheckerboardpattern.
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They developed and initiated a management plan based on their observation that the prairie chicken required acheckerboardpatternof habitat.
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These land purchases were divided into townships six miles square arranged on acheckerboardpattern.
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This information is alternated with the faces in acheckerboardpattern.
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The hipped roof is tiled, and edged with a red and whitecheckerboardpatternand gargoyles.
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The lighthouse was formerly painted in a black and whitecheckerboardpattern, and traces of the paint remain.
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In the latter case, acheckerboardpatternwith full-white and full-black rectangles is projected and the illuminance is measured at the center of the rectangles.
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Contrast values obtained from two subsequently displayed full-screen patterns may be different from the values evaluated from acheckerboardpatternwith the same optical states.
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The basic form of dithering, using two colors in a 22checkerboardpattern.
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For instance, the black and whitecheckerboardpatterntopped with a pink triangle is believed to have been worn by soldiers of the army.
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As thecheckerboardpatternof the static spheres is rotated, the rotor rotates.
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There were no federal cash subsidies; instead the federal government offered land-grants in acheckerboardpattern.
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It gets its name from thecheckerboardpatternon its wings; the male tends to have broader bands than the female.
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Within the urban core, city streets generally follow thecheckerboardpatternof the ancient capital.
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