Tärinällä

Tärinällä is a Finnish adessive form of the noun tärinä, meaning vibration or tremor. The word is used to describe something that operates by vibration, or a state in which an object is vibrating. It appears in both technical contexts—such as engineering, physics, and vibration testing—and in everyday language to refer to devices or situations involving vibrational energy. In consumer electronics, tärinällä is commonly used to refer to a phone’s vibrate mode; for example, puhelin on tärinällä means the phone is set to vibrate. It can also describe systems or components that are driven by, or subjected to, vibration, as in laite toimii tärinällä or järjestelmä altistuu tärinälle.

Linguistic notes: tärinä is the base noun meaning vibration or tremor, and tärinällä is its adessive form, indicating instrument, mode, or state (on vibration, with vibration, by vibration). Other grammatical forms of the same root include tärinän (genitive) and tärinässä or tärinöissä (various inessive or plural forms), which are used to express related relationships in sentences.

Etymology and usage context: the term derives from tärinä, reflecting phenomena of vibrational motion. It is used in descriptions of mechanical systems, testing procedures, and everyday references to devices that vibrate or operate through vibrational energy. The exact nuance of tärinällä can vary with context, ranging from a physical vibrating state to a functional modality in consumer devices.

See also: tärinä, vibrational, vibration, vibrate mode.