checkerboard
noun
check·er·board
ˈche-kər-ˌbȯrd 
1
: a board used in various games (such as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors
2
: something that has a pattern or arrangement like a checkerboard
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The fields formed a checkerboard of light and dark squares.
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025
Consider, instead of a gas, a group of identical game pieces on a checkerboard.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
The valley floor is a checkerboard of bright green lambing meadows and the occasional stone house.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
One of the most popular quantum error correction schemes that scientists are exploring is called the surface code, in which qubits are arranged in a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern; units of information are encoded into sections of this lattice.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Checkerboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkerboard. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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checkerboard
noun
check·er·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board used in games and marked with 64 squares in two colors
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