måttens

Måttens is a Swedish term formed as the genitive plural of the noun mått, which broadly means measure, unit of measurement, or a system of measurement. In mathematical and scientific contexts mått can also denote a measure or magnitude, and måttens would then refer to measures belonging to multiple items or sets.

Grammatically, mått is an ordinary countable noun in Swedish. The plural form in indefinite usage is mått, while the genitive plural form, used to indicate possession or association for multiple measures, is måttens. This form appears in formal or technical writing, especially when discussing collections of measurements, standards, or units.

Usage and examples:

- måttens enheter refers to the units of the measures.

- de olika måttens precision points to the precision across different measures. In practice, the term is most common in older texts, technical writing, or discussions about traditional measurement systems that preceded or accompanied metric standardization.

Context:

In modern Swedish, discussions of measurement typically rely on standardized units (such as the SI system). Mått remains a general or historical term for measurements or customary units, and måttens is used primarily to talk about multiple measures as a group in possessive form.

See also:

mått, enhet, måttsystem, SI-enheter, måttsystemet i Sverige.