rajautuvat

Rajautuvat is a Finnish verb form used to describe elements that are cropped, cut off, or come close to the edge of a boundary, such as a frame, border, or boundary line. In practical terms, it is used when something in an image, layout, or scene reaches the limits of the visible area, giving the appearance of being cut off by the edge. The term is common in discussions of photography, film, graphic design, and data visualization, where the placement of objects relative to the frame influences composition and interpretation.

Linguistically, rajautuvat is the third-person plural present indicative form of the intransitive verb rajautua. The base noun raja means border or boundary, and rajautua carries the sense of becoming bordered, cropped, or otherwise truncated at an edge. The form is used with plural subjects, for example: Hahmot rajautuvat kuvan reunoihin, meaning that the characters are cropped at the edges of the image.

In usage, rajautuvat may appear in technical descriptions, instructional texts, or media criticism when noting how framing affects visibility and meaning. It can also extend to data visualization or geographic contexts where features abut or are partially outside a defined boundary. The related forms include rajautua (the verb itself) and rajautuvat as the present tense plural form.

See also: rajautua.