Ruudukollisia

Ruudukollisia is a Finnish adjective form meaning grid-like or characterized by a grid. It is the plural partitive form of ruudukollinen and is used to describe patterns, designs, or structures arranged in a regular grid. The base ruudukko means a grid or grid pattern, and the suffix -llinen indicates possession of the property, while the ending -isia marks the plural partitive when modifying a plural noun.

It appears in fields such as visual design, architecture, cartography, textiles, and data visualization to express regular spacing, modularity, and repeatable units. Examples include ruudukollisia kuvioita (grid-like patterns), ruudukollisia viivoja (grid lines), and ruudukollisia rakenteita (grid-based structures). In some contexts ruudukollisia is preferred to ruudullinen, which more often describes a checkered or square motif rather than a systematic grid layout. The distinction hinges on the emphasis on an underlying grid structure rather than a single motif.

Grammatically, ruudukollisia is the form used when modifying a plural noun in partitive or when used in a predicative sense with a plural subject. The term is common in technical and descriptive Finnish but is not typically used in everyday speech. See also ruudukko and ruudullinen for related concepts.