ntyyppinen

ntyyppinen is not a standard Finnish standalone word. In most technical and scientific Finnish texts, the corresponding form is n-tyyppinen, used to indicate something of type n. The standalone string ntyyppinen does not have an established dictionary meaning; it may appear due to typographical variation, formatting, or data naming rather than as a separate lexical item.

In Finnish orthography, the prefix letter plus the adjective tyyppinen is typically written with a hyphen when the letter denotes a category, such as n-tyyppinen or p-tyyppinen. The hyphen helps signal that the first element is a letter or abbreviation forming a compound, rather than a single word. Therefore, the normal written forms in most texts are n-tyyppinen and p-tyyppinen, especially in scientific and engineering contexts.

Usage context and meaning: n-tyyppinen describes characteristics associated with type n, frequently contrasted with p-tyyppinen in discussions of semiconductors, charge carriers, or materials classification. Examples in practice include phrases like n-tyyppinen puolijohde (n-type semiconductor) or n-tyyppinen ominaisuus. Because these are technical terms, they rely on the reader’s familiarity with the n/p-type framework rather than on a general lexical meaning.

Notes: If you encounter ntyyppinen in text, it is likely a typographical artifact, a shortened form in a data label, or a result of losing the hyphen during processing. In formal Finnish writing, use n-tyyppinen when you mean “of type n.”

See also: tyyppinen, n-tyyppinen, p-tyyppinen, tyypillinen.