Kertolaskullisessa

Kertolaskullisessa is the inessive form of the Finnish adjective kertolaskullinen, which describes something related to multiplication. The root kertolasku means multiplication or a product of factors, and the suffix -llinen denotes the characteristic of having that property. In Finnish grammar, adjectives are inflected for case, so kertolaskullinen becomes kertolaskullisessa when used to mean “in a multiplicative form.”

In usage, kertolaskullisessa characterizes expressions, models, or representations that rely on multiplication rather than other operations. The term appears mainly in written, technical, or mathematical contexts and conveys that a quantity or relationship is expressed through products or repeated factors. It is a descriptive, not a standalone mathematical operator.

Examples of the phrase include: “Lasku voidaan esittää kertolaskullisessa muodossa, esimerkiksi 2 × 3 × 4.” and “Tässä yhteydessä sanat esitetään kertolaskullisessa rakenteessa.” These usages illustrate how the adjective describes the form of representation rather than prescribing a specific calculation method.

Note that kertolaskullisessa is a grammatical inflection used to convey the concept of multiplicative form. The base idea is kertolaskullinen, meaning multiplicative, while kertolaskullisessa functions as a case-inflected expression within Finnish syntax. It is primarily a descriptive linguistic or mathematical term rather than a common conversational phrase.