Skaalaavissa

Skaalaavissa is a Finnish adjective meaning scalable, used to describe systems, processes, or resources that can expand or contract to accommodate changing workloads. The form is built from skaala- “to scale” and the inessive participle suffix -avissa, conveying the sense of being in a state that can be scaled or made capable of scaling.

In practice, skaalaavissa is a less common variant in technical Finnish, where skaalaantuvuus (scalability) or skaalautuva (scalable) are more frequently used. Skaalaavissa typically emphasizes potential or capability—something that can be scaled if needed—rather than describing an already scaling behavior. It can appear in documentation, architectural notes, or design discussions as a precise way to note future or planned scalability.

Usage notes and examples:

- Järjestelmä on skaalaavissa, mikä mahdollistaa kuormituksen kasvaessa resurssien lisäyksen. (The system is scalable, allowing resources to be added as load increases.)

- Tämän arkkitehtuurin osat ovat skaalaavissa, mutta lopullinen skaalaus riippuu toteutuksesta. (Parts of this architecture are scalable, but the final scaling depends on implementation.)

- Useampi sanaa, kuten skaalautuva tai skaalautuvuus, may be preferred for general discussions of scalability.

See also: skaalautuvuus, skaalautuva, skaalaus. Skaalaavissa serves as a precise, though less common, descriptor for the potential to scale within Finnish technical language.