näytteenä

Näytteenä is a Finnish word form meaning “as a sample” or “as a specimen.” It is formed from the noun näyte, which means sample or specimen, and is used to indicate that something is being presented, used, or evaluated in the role of a sample. The form is common in scientific, medical, educational, and technical writing, as well as in everyday language when giving an example or illustration.

Usage and meaning:

Näytteenä expresses that an item is not being used as a final product or as a whole, but rather as a representative example for analysis, demonstration, or testing. It often appears in sentences describing procedures, reports, or instructions where a particular object is taken or shown to stand in for others.

Examples:

- Tämän kappaleen katsotaan toimivan näytteenä tutkimuksessa. (This piece is used as a sample in the study.)

- Verinäyte otettiin näytteenä analysoitavaksi. (A blood sample was taken for analysis.)

- Käytämme seuraavaa piirustusta näytteenä. (We use the following drawing as a sample.)

Related forms and etymology:

Näytteenä is a derived form of näyte, and is one of several inflected variants that express the role of “as …” in a noun phrase. The meaning centers on representation, demonstration, or preliminary evaluation.

See also:

näyte, näytteenotto, esimerkki.

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