reikiintyvät
Reikiintyvät is a Finnish term that literally means “getting pitted” or “becoming hollowed.” It is the present participle of the verb reikiintyä, which describes the formation of small holes, depressions or fissures in a solid surface. The word is typically used in contexts involving material science, geology, agricultural product quality, and everyday descriptions of textures.
In materials science and metallurgy reikiintyvät surfaces commonly refer to corrosion patterns in metal components, where
The concept parallels the English word “pitted,” and Finnish dictionaries list reikiintyvä (adjective) as “having pits