Levymäisinä

Levymäisinä is a Finnish adjective form meaning “plate-like,” used to describe objects that appear as flat, thin plates or plate-like fragments. It is the plural essive form of the adjective levymäinen, which conveys the sense of “resembling a plate” or “in the form of a plate.” The word is primarily found in technical or scientific writing and is not common in everyday language.

In usage, levymäisinä appears when speaking about multiple items or fragments described as plate-like. It is common in fields such as geology, mineralogy, and materials science, where textures and fragmentation patterns are important. For example, näytteet ovat levymäisinä palasina means “the samples are in plate-like pieces,” and kivet ovat levymäisinä kerroksina describes rocks forming as plate-like layers.

Etymologically, the term combines levy (plate) with the suffix -mäinen, which forms adjectives meaning “likelike” or “resembling,” with the plural essive ending -nä- to indicate “as …” in a plural state.

See also

levymäinen, lamellar, sheet-like descriptions.