muunnoksissa

Muunnoksissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun muunnos, which means transformation, alteration or modification. The term is used to refer to changes that take place within a set of transformations or within particular transformation contexts. Muunnos can denote mathematical transformations, linguistic changes, encoding/decoding operations, or more general alterations of form or state. When speaking about several such changes, muunnoksissa means “in the transformations” or “within the transformations.”

Etymology and grammar: Muunnos is built from the verb muuttaa, “to change,” with nominalizing and plural suffixes. The nominative plural is muunnokset, and the inessive plural is muunnoksissa. This form functions as a noun phrase element indicating location or context, not as a separate concept by itself. In sentences it is typically part of a larger noun phrase such as geometrian muunnoksissa or sanan muunnoksissa.

Contexts and usage: In mathematics and geometry, muunnoksissa can refer to properties preserved or altered by transformations, e.g., rotations or translations. In linguistics, it can describe morphological or phonological changes that words or forms undergo. In information processing or signal processing, muunnoksissa denotes stages where data undergoes transformations. The exact meaning depends on the surrounding field-specific terminology.

Examples:

- Geometrian muunnoksissa säilyvät tietyt suhteet, kuten etäisyydet.

- Kielen muunnoksissa kyse on sanan taivutus- tai morfologisista muodoista, joita tarkastellaan muunnoksissa.

See also: muunnos (transformation), transformaatio (transformation in mathematics), morfologiset muunnokset.