pienimuotoisilla

Pienimuotoisilla is a Finnish word form that functions as the adessive plural of the adjective pienimuotoinen, meaning small-scale or miniature. It is used to describe plural nouns in situations where something is on a smaller scale, compact, or miniature compared to full-size equivalents. The phrase often appears in technical, scientific, and design contexts to emphasize the reduced size or scope of devices, models, or systems.

Etymology and grammar: Pienimuotoinen combines pieni (small) with muotoinen (form/shape). In plural and in the adessive case, the adjective takes the form pienimuotoisilla, which is used with plural nouns in the adessive to indicate “on/with small-scale [things].” For example, pienimuotoisilla laitteilla means “with small-scale devices,” and pienimuotoisilla malleilla means “with miniature models.” The nominative plural form is pienimuotoiset, and the genitive plural is pienimuotoisten.

Usage: Pienimuotoisilla is common when contrasting miniaturized approaches with full-scale alternatives. It is found in research, engineering, engineering design, and education to describe methods, equipment, or models that operate at a reduced size. Phrases like pienimuotoisilla kokeiluilla (with small-scale experiments) or pienimuotoisilla järjestelmillä (with miniature systems) illustrate its practical application.

See also: pienimuotoinen, pienoismalli, miniaturization, scale model. In Finnish, the term is part of a broader family of words describing size and scope, and its exact form changes with case and number to align with the noun it modifies.