Keskimääräisiä

Keskimääräisiä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective keskimääräinen, which means average or mean. It is used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the partitive case, for example in phrases like keskimääräisiä arvoja (average values). The base form keskimääräinen describes something that is averaged or typical, and its other inflected forms cover different numbers and cases, such as keskimääräiset in the nominative plural.

In everyday Finnish, keskimääräinen can refer to something characteristic of the typical member of a group, not only a numerical mean. In statistical or data-analytic contexts, the term is commonly used to describe data in terms of averages or typical values, and keskimääräisiä forms appear when discussing multiple such values or when the object of the sentence is in partitive case.

Usage notes:

- The form keskimääräisiä appears when describing plural nouns in the partitive, as in keskimääräisiä arvoja.

- The adjective can describe both numerical means and more general notions of typicality or commonality, depending on context.

- It is distinct from related terms like keskiarvo, which is a noun meaning “average” or “mean,” and from keskivertoinen, which can mean “average” in the sense of typical or ordinary people.

Overall, keskimääräisiä functions as a grammatically appropriate plural partitive adjective form used to convey the idea of averages or typical values in plural contexts.