kokonaistilan

Kokonaistilan is a Finnish noun in the genitive form of kokonaistila, formed from koko meaning “whole” or “total” and tila meaning “state,” “condition,” or “situation.” The term is used to refer to the complete state or configuration of a system, object, or scenario at a given moment. Because it is a generic, compound noun, its precise meaning depends on the discipline and context in which it appears.

In philosophy and systems theory, kokonaistilan is often used to discuss holistic descriptions of a system, emphasizing the overall state rather than its individual components. Common phrases include kokonaistilan hallinta (management of the overall state) and kokonaistilan kuvaus (description of the complete state). In these contexts the concept is closely related to ideas of wholeness, emergent properties, and the interaction of parts within a system.

In physics and thermodynamics, kokonaistilan may be used to refer to the total or macrostate of a system, in contrast to the microstates that constitute it. The term emphasizes the aggregated properties that define the system’s current condition, such as energy, volume, and temperature, as a single holistic state.

In computer science and information systems, kokonaistilan can appear in discussions of the entire application state or global state, particularly when comparing holistic state representations to partial or localized states. Its usage varies with terminology preferences in Finnish technical literature, where more specific terms like kokonaistila or global state may be chosen.

See also: kokonaissumma, kokonaisuus, tila, tila- sekä tilanne-terminologia.