säätelevät

Säätelevät is a Finnish verb form that means “they regulate” or “they adjust.” It is the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb meaning to regulate, set rules, or control. The form is commonly used in formal or official language to describe how laws, policies, standards, or systems constrain or guide actions.

In practice, säätelevät is used with plural subjects. For example, Lait ja määräykset säätelevät markkinoiden toimintaa (Laws and regulations regulate the operation of markets). Another example could refer to organizations or processes that impose constraints: Kansainväliset sopimukset säätelevät kauppaa ja investointeja. In scientific or technical contexts, the verb can describe regulatory mechanisms: Solut säätelevät homeostasiaa ja energian tasapainoa.

Morphology-wise, säätelevät ends with -vät, signaling present indicative, third-person plural in Finnish. Related forms include säätelevä (regulating, present participle) and the noun säätely (regulation). The verb is part of a broader family connected with regulation, control, and adjustment, and it often appears in law, governance, technology, and biology to express how systems or authorities impose rules or balance conditions.

Etymology stems from the concept of regulation and adjustment, linked to Finnish roots that form words for rules, controls, and standards. While not all contexts require the exact same semantics, säätelevät broadly conveys that a multiple agents or factors are actively guiding or constraining a process at the present time. See also säätely and säätö, which relate to regulation and adjustment in Finnish.