suprajohtavaan

Suprajohtavaan is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective suprajohtava, meaning superconducting. It is the illative singular form, used when describing movement toward or entry into a superconducting state. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case, number, and definiteness, so suprajohtavaan appears whenever the accompanying noun is in the illative case, such as tilaan (into a state) or materiaaliin (into a material).

In practical use, suprajohtavaan typically appears in technical or scientific contexts related to superconductivity. Examples include phrases describing transitions into a superconducting state or discussions about systems approaching that state. For instance, Järjestelmä siirtyi suprajohtavaan tilaan translates to The system transitioned into a superconducting state. The word often appears alongside nouns like tila, olosuhde, or materiaali, where the illative form signals direction toward the superconducting condition.

Suprajohtavaan is part of a broader lexical set around superconductivity in Finnish, including the noun suprajohtavuus (superconductivity) and the adjective suprajohtava (superconducting). The term is specialized and most commonly encountered in physics, materials science, and electrical engineering texts, rather than in everyday language. It illustrates Finnish’s rich adjectival inflection and its capacity to express nuanced state transitions within scientific discourse.