Diskreteillä

Diskreteillä is a Finnish morphological form used in technical and mathematical contexts. It is the adessive plural form of the adjective diskreetti, and it tends to appear before a plural noun in the adessive case to express “with discrete” or “at discrete ….”. The construction is common in disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, and data analysis, where the distinction between discrete and continuous elements is relevant.

Usage and meaning

Diskreteillä describes properties that apply to discrete values, elements, or time steps. It signals that the described situation concerns a non-continuous set or sequence, as opposed to a smooth or continuous one. The phrase is typically part of noun phrases, for example diskreteillä arvoilla or diskreteillä aikaväleillä, and is used to relate the noun to its discrete nature.

Examples

- Diskreteillä arvoilla muuttuja voi ottaa vain rajoitetun määrän arvoja, kuten 0 ja 1.

- Diskreteillä aikaväleillä näytteet otetaan säännöllisin väliajoin.

Etymology and related forms

Diskreteillä derives from the Finnish adjective diskreetti (discrete), itself borrowed from Latin discretus through other European languages. Related forms include the singular or other cases of diskreetti, such as diskreetti arvo (a discrete value) or diskreetisti (the adverb meaning “discretely”), which refers to the manner of action rather than to a descriptive attribute.

Notes

Diskreteillä is a specialized grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is primarily encountered in written, technical Finnish and serves to specify discreteness in descriptions of data, signals, or mathematical structures.