Sekvenssissä

Sekvenssissä is the inessive form of sekvenssi, a Finnish noun meaning sequence. In Finnish, the inessive case marks location inside something, so sekvenssissä means “in a sequence” or “in the sequence.” The term is used mainly in technical and scientific language to discuss ordered arrangements of elements.

Origin and formation: sekvenssi is a loanword from English sequence, adapted into Finnish. The root receives the typical Finnish noun ending -ssi, and the inessive suffix -ssä yields sekvenssissä.

Usage: In mathematics and computer science, sekvenssi refers to an ordered list of objects; in DNA and genomics, the term appears in compounds like DNA-sekvenssi or geenisekvenssi to describe the order of nucleotides or genes. In linguistics and language studies, references to sequences of phonemes or morphemes may use sekvenssissä to indicate a position within a larger string. The form is a grammatical case marker rather than a separate concept; it simply marks location within a sequence.

Examples: DNA-sekvenssissä esiintyy useita toistuvia motifteja. DNA-sekvenssissä esiintyvä mutaatio voi muuttaa proteiinin aminohappojen koostumusta. Kielen äänteiden sekvenssissä tapahtuneet muutokset voivat kuvata kielen kehitystä.

Notes: Sekvenssi is related to jono (sequence), but sekvenssi is used more often in formal or technical contexts, while jono is more general. The inessive form sekvenssissä is used when specifying location inside a particular sequence.