Senttimetristä

Senttimetristä is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun senttimetri, which denotes the unit centimeter. A centimeter equals 0.01 meters and is widely used in science, engineering, and everyday measurement. The abbreviation for the unit is cm. In Finnish, the elative case, marked by the suffix -sta or -stä, expresses origin, source, or basis; thus senttimetristä literally means “from a centimeter” or “based on a centimeter.”

In technical and scientific Finnish, senttimetristä commonly occurs in phrases that refer to measurements, tolerances, or references anchored to centimeter-scale values, for example in terms like poikkeama senttimetristä (deviation from the centimeter) or mitoitus senttimetristä (dimensioning based on centimeters). The form signals a relation to a centimeter as a reference point or standard.

Because senttimetri is a metric unit, the elative form is mainly found in formal or technical writing rather than everyday speech. It appears when data, standards, or calibration are described as derived from or relative to a centimeter.

See also: senttimetri.