etäisyyksien

Etäisyyksien is the genitive plural form of etäisyydet, the Finnish noun meaning distances or remoteness. It is used to indicate possession or relation to multiple distances, as in phrases describing measurements, comparisons, or characteristics of several distances. The grammatical form reflects Finnish noun inflection, where the nominative plural etäisyydet becomes etäisyyksien in the genitive plural.

In mathematics and geometry, distances quantify the length between two points in a space. Common notions include the Euclidean distance in the plane or space, defined as the straight-line length between points, and more general metrics used in metric spaces. Distances underpin many areas of science and engineering, including navigation, computer science (such as clustering and similarity measures), and physics, where spacetime intervals or separations between events are described in terms of distance-like quantities.

In geography and cartography, distances can refer to straight-line (as-the-c crow flies) distance or travel distance along routes. Distances are usually expressed in units such as meters, kilometers, miles, or light-years, depending on the context. The study and comparison of etäisyyksien (distances) across regions or times can reveal spatial patterns, accessibility, and connectivity.

Use in Finnish text often involves noun phrases with genitive chaining, such as etäisyyksien mittaaminen (measuring distances), etäisyyksien määrittäminen (defining distances), or etäisyyksien vaikutus (the effect of distances). As a genitive form, etäisyyksien primarily serves to connect the concept of distances to actions, properties, or descriptors in a sentence.