Suurentuvat

Suurentuvat is Finnish for “increasing” or “enlarging.” It is derived from the verb suurentua and functions as an adjective or participle that describes something that grows larger or becomes greater over time. The form is typically used with nouns to indicate a process or state of growth.

In usage, suurentuvat agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, suurentuvat luvut means “increasing numbers,” and suurentuvat kuvat can refer to images that enlarge or to figures that grow in a dataset. The term can describe physical growth, such as a seuqence of magnitudes expanding, or abstract growth in quantities, measurements, or values, depending on the context.

In mathematics and the sciences, suurentuvat is commonly used to characterize relationships or sequences that rise as their input increases. A function is described as suurentuva (increasing) or monotonisesti suurentuva (monotonically increasing) if, whenever one input is larger than another, the corresponding outputs do not decrease. This usage helps distinguish increasing trends from decreasing or constant trends.

Etymologically, suurentuvat comes from the verb suurentua, meaning to become larger or to increase, with the present participle form marking ongoing or characteristic growth. Related concepts in Finnish include kasvu (growth) and suurentuminen (enlargement or magnification). In everyday language, the term appears in economics, biology, and data analysis to describe processes or patterns that exhibit growth over time.