kiteyttävät

Kiteyttävät is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb kiteyttää, meaning to crystallize or to cause crystallization. The verb is derived from the noun kide (crystal) with the causative suffix -yttää, indicating an action that brings about crystallization. In scientific contexts, kiteyttävät describes processes or agents that promote the formation of crystals from a solution or melt.

Usage and context: In chemistry and materials science, kiteyttävät refers to conditions or substances that promote crystallization, such as changes in concentration, temperature, or evaporation rate. In geology and mineralogy, it can describe the crystallization of minerals under varying environmental conditions. The related noun kiteytyminen denotes the crystallization process itself, and kiteyttää as a causative verb covers the action of inducing crystallization. The phrase kiteyttävät aineet is used to mean crystallizing agents.

Grammatical note: The form is used with plural subjects, for example “aineet kiteyttävät nopeasti” (the substances crystallize quickly). It is part of the same verbal system as kiteytyä (to crystallize, intransitively) and kiteyttää (to cause crystallization).

Etymology: The word comes from kide (crystal) with the causative suffix -yttää, which together express the idea of causing crystals to form.

See also: kiteytyminen, kiteytyä, kiteyttää, kide.