taittopuoleen
Taittopuoleen is a Finnish term used in crafts, design and instruction to describe folding an object in half along a central crease. The word is a compound of taitto ('folding') and puoleen ('toward half' or 'to half'), and it appears in pattern guides, origami instructions and bookbinding glossaries to indicate a half-fold operation.
Usage and meaning: In practice, taittopuoleen instructs bringing two sides together by aligning edges along the
Relation to other terms: The concept is closely related to puolittaminen (halving) and taitto (folding). It is