kerroksellisesta

Kerroksellinen is a Finnish adjective meaning layered or stratified. It describes objects, structures, textures, or systems that consist of or display multiple layers, and it can also be used figuratively to refer to multi-layered concepts or organizations. The word is formed from kerros, meaning layer or stratum, with the derivational suffix -ellinen, which creates adjectives indicating characteristic or belonging.

In everyday language, kerroksellinen is used to describe tangible materials such as layered fabrics, paints applied in successive coats, or geological formations with distinct strata. It is also common in scientific and technical contexts, for example in biology to describe stratified epithelium (kerroksellinen epiteeli) or in materials science to refer to kerrokselliset rakenteet (layered structures). In information technology and architecture, the term appears in phrases like kerroksellinen arkkitehtuuri (layered architecture) to denote separation of concerns into distinct layers such as presentation, business logic, and data access.

The related noun kerroksellisuus denotes the property of being layered. The adjective is grammatically inflected to agree with the noun it modifies, and its elative form kerroksellisesta appears in constructions like kerroksellisesta rakenteesta or kerroksellisesta epiteelistä, meaning “from a layered structure” or “from the layered epithelium.”

See also: kerros, kerroksellisuus, kerroksellinen epiteeli, kerroksellinen arkkitehtuuri. In English, the corresponding terms are layered or stratified.