Mittakaavilta

Mittakaavilta is a Finnish term related to scale, derived from mittakaava. In technical Finnish, mittakaavilta functions as a form used to describe that a drawing, model, or plan is made in proportion to the real object, i.e., to scale. It is commonly used in fields such as cartography, architecture, engineering, and design, where precise scale relations between representation and reality are essential. The term is typically encountered in descriptions of maps, blueprints, and models, and it contrasts with non-scaled representations described as ei mittakaavallinen or not to scale in everyday language.

Linguistically, mittakaavilta is formed as an inflected variant of mittakaava to express relation to scale in a specific grammatical context. Depending on the sentence, the form may appear with different cases to indicate location or source, such as mittakaavila (on the scale) or mittakaavilta kartat (maps at scale). In practice, Finnish writers more often use the adjective mittakaavainen or phrases like mitattu mittakaavalla to convey the same idea; mittakaavilta appears primarily in technical or formal texts.

See also: map scale, scale model, architectural drawing, cartography, proportionality.