mittaustavalla

Mittaustavalla is a Finnish adverbial noun meaning “in a measuring manner” or “by measurement,” used to describe the method by which data are obtained. The word is formed from mittaus (measurement) + tapa (way, method) with the adessive suffix -lla, yielding mittaustavalla. The plural form would be mittaustavoilla, and the genitive mittaustavan.

The term is primarily used in technical and scientific texts to specify that a procedure relies on measurement rather than qualitative judgment or inference. It often appears with verbs such as tehdä, kerätä, suorittaa, or määrittää to indicate that data were collected using a particular measurement protocol, instrument, or standard.

Examples include: “Näytteen tilavuudet mitattiin mittaustavalla, jossa käytettiin kalibroituja mittauslaitteita.” “Tilastolliset arvot syntyivät mittaustavalla, joka noudattaa kansainvälisiä standardeja.” “Tutkimuksessa mittaustavan kuvaus antaa kontekstin tulkinnalle.”

Notes: mittaustavalla emphasizes the method of data collection and does not by itself specify the exact instrument or model used. It is related to other Finnish terms such as mittausmenetelmä and mittaustapa, which similarly describe measurement approaches.