a. 棋盘格形的, 镶嵌成棋盘花纹的

[医] 棋盘格状的, 分成方格的

Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
tessellated pavement.

2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
tessellated leaf.


Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
See {Tessellar}.]
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay.