monitasoista

Monitasoista is a Finnish adjective in the partitive form meaning multilevel or multilayered, used to describe objects or systems that consist of several levels or layers. It derives from the word monitasoinen (multilevel) with the adjectival suffix -inen and the partitive ending -a/-ta depending on grammar. The form monitasoista is used when the described noun is in the partitive case.

In practice, the term appears in architecture and construction to describe buildings with multiple floors, in information technology to refer to layered or multi-tier architectures, and in organizational theory to denote structures with several levels of management. Examples include monitasoista rakennetta (multilevel structure), monitasoista arkkitehtuuria (multilevel architecture), and monitasoinen organisaatio or monitasoisia järjestelmiä.

Related Finnish terms include kerroksellinen and monikerroksinen, which convey similar ideas of layering. The concept is often contrasted with single-level or single-tier designs. In translation, equivalents include multilevel, multilayered, and multi-tier.