Määritetty

Määritetty is a Finnish adjective and past participle form used to describe something that has been defined or specified. It derives from the verb määrittää (to define or determine) and is commonly used in technical, administrative, and legal language to indicate that a value, rule, or parameter has been fixed in advance. In everyday language, it appears in contexts involving data, specifications, and settings, for example määritelty aikataulu (a defined schedule), määritelty arvo (a defined value), or määritetyt rajat (defined limits).

Grammatically, määritetty can function as a descriptive adjective and be declined according to the noun it modifies (for example, määritetty arvo, määriteltyä arvoa, määriteltyyn aikaan). The form is part of a broader family of participial adjectives related to definition and specification. In many contexts, the more common standard form of the past passive participle conveying the same meaning is määritelty, but määritetty appears as a variant in some verb classes or styles and is understood to carry the same sense of something having been fixed or specified.

Related Finnish terms include määritelmä (definition) and määrittely (definition/specification). In fields such as software localization, contract drafting, and data modeling, määritetty and related forms help mark values, rules, or boundaries that are established and should be regarded as fixed. The usage is typically neutral and formal, aimed at clarity and precision.