äärellisissä

äärellisissä is a Finnish term used primarily in theoretical contexts to denote phenomena occurring at the margins between categories, states, or thresholds. The form is the locative plural of the adjective äärellinen, a coinage or derivation associated with “edge” or “border” concepts. In practice, äärellisissä signals a focus on border cases rather than clear-cut instances.

Usage and domains: It appears in discussions in linguistics, philosophy, mathematics, and statistics where researchers analyze classification problems, continuity, or threshold effects. It is relatively specialized and not part of standard dictionaries.

Example: In a classification task with ambiguous data, researchers may refer to äärellisissä tapauksissa to describe borderline instances where assignment to a single category is uncertain. Finnish: “Mittauksissa esiintyy äärellisissä tapauksissa epävarmuutta”; English: “In measurements there is uncertainty in edge cases.”

Relation to other terms: The closest English equivalent is “edge case” or “borderline case”; the term should not be confused with äärellinen meaning simply “borderline” in a general sense, which is more common in everyday language.

History and status: No standard dictionary entry exists; usage is sporadic and largely confined to academic writing discussing categorization boundaries. If used, it is typically defined at first mention to avoid ambiguity. See also edge case and borderline terminology in philosophy and statistics.