kiihdytettiin

Kiihdytettiin is a Finnish verb form meaning “was accelerated” or “was sped up” in English. It is the passive past tense of kiihdytä, which means to accelerate, speed up, or energize. The form kiihdytettiin is used when the subject is acted upon by an agent that is either unknown or not specified, or when the emphasis is on the process of acceleration itself rather than who performed it.

In practice, kiihdytettiin appears in technical and formal Finnish, especially in engineering, physics, automotive testing, and laboratory descriptions. It can describe the physical acceleration of vehicles or particles, as well as the intensification of processes, signals, or rates. The noun kiihdytus or kiihditys refers to the act or result of accelerating; kiihdbin means an accelerator device, and hiukkaskiihdytin refers to a particle accelerator.

When used in English translations, kiihdytettiin is typically rendered as was accelerated or was sped up. The corresponding present passive is kiihdytetään, and the past participle is kiihdytetty.

Examples of use include reporting on experiments, test drives, or production-line changes where speed or rate is increased without naming the exact agent.

See also kiihdytä, kiihdytys, kiihdytin, hiukkaskiihdytin.