Koordinaateiksi

Koordinaateiksi is the translative plural form of the Finnish noun koordinaatti, meaning coordinates. In Finnish grammar, the translative case (-ksi) marks becoming, change of state, or designation as something, and the plural form is used when referring to multiple coordinates. Thus koordinaateiksi means “into coordinates” or “as coordinates” for a set of coordinates.

The form is common when describing a process such as converting or expressing data as coordinates. For example: Muunna pisteet koordinaatteiksi (Convert the points into coordinates) or Pisteet voidaan esittää koordinaatteiksi (The points can be presented as coordinates). In practice, it appears in contexts where numerical positions are given relative to a coordinate system, such as (x, y) pairs or (x, y, z) triples.

Käyttökohteet ranges across mathematics, computer science, and geography. It is used when discussing how data are represented or transformed into a coordinate framework, when labeling results in a coordinate form, or when describing outputs that specify locations in a map, diagram, or graphics. In geographic information systems and cartography, coordinates are expressed within a coordinate reference system, and the phrase koordinaatteiksi may appear in explanations of data conversion or formatting.

Etymology and related forms: koordinaatti is a loanword from Latin-based or Germanic origins for “coordinate.” The word has Finnish cognates in the plural koordinaatit and the translative plural koordinaatteiksi, which appear specifically when referring to turning something into coordinates or presenting it as coordinates.

See also: koordinaatti, koordinaatisto, koordinaattijärjestelmä.