pienennys

Pienennys is a Finnish noun that denotes the act or result of making something smaller. It can refer to a physical reduction in size, a decrease in quantity, or a lowering of resolution or scale, depending on context. Common translations include "reduction" or "downsizing." The word is formed from the verb pienentää, meaning to reduce.

In mathematics and geometry, pienennys describes scaling a figure down by a given factor. In photography and digital imaging, pienennys refers to resizing an image to smaller dimensions or lower resolution (downsampling). In business or organizational contexts, pienennys is used to describe downsizing, cost-cutting measures, or layoffs.

Usage notes: while pienennys generally implies a decrease, the precise meaning depends on the domain. It is often contrasted with suurennys, meaning enlargement or zooming, and with mittakaava, referring to scale. Related terms include suurennus (enlargement) and mittakaava (scale), as well as general discussions of resizing or downscaling in technical contexts.