Kokoasteen

Kokoasteen is a Finnish form created from kokoaste, itself a combination of koko ("size") and aste ("scale" or "degree"). It is the genitive singular form used to connect to another noun in a possessive or descriptive sense, effectively meaning "of the size scale" or "of the size level."

The term is not a standalone concept with a fixed definition; its precise sense is determined by the head noun in the phrase where it occurs. Common contexts include technical writing, manufacturing, and fashion where systems classify items by a size scale. Examples of phrases include kokoasteen luokitus (classification by size scale), kokoasteen mittaus (measurement of the size scale), and kokoasteen määrittäminen (determination of the size scale). In English, it is often translated as "of the size scale" or "size-scale's."

Because kokoasteen functions as a grammatical form rather than a stand-alone concept, it typically appears within longer noun phrases rather than alone. See also Finnish grammar, genitive case, and noun phrases.