Pyöräytetty

Pyöräytetty is a Finnish word used as an adjective or past participle. It derives from the verb pyöräyttää, which means to cause to spin or rotate, or to wheel around. The form pyöräytetty literally conveys that something has been made to spin or has been rotated. In everyday language it can refer to objects that have been turned or rotated, whether by hand or by a machine.

In technical contexts, pyöräytetty kappale or pyöräytetty osa may be used to describe a part that has undergone a turning or rotating operation. However, in mechanical engineering and manufacturing the more common descriptor for a piece produced by a lathe is sorvattu kappale. Consequently, pyöräytetty is somewhat less standard but still understood, and may appear in product specifications, labels, or informal descriptions to emphasize a rotating process.

Beyond literal rotation, the word can be used metaphorically to describe movements or actions that involve turning a position or orientation, or devices that have been rotated into a new arrangement. Etymologically, the term is formed from the stem pyöräytt- plus the participial ending -etty, consistent with Finnish methods for forming past participles.