vetovoima
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
veto (“draft”) + voima (“power”). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vetovoima
- traction (pulling power of an engine or animal)
- attraction, appeal, allure, charm (tendency or power to attract)
- pull (attractive force which causes motion towards the source)
- Avaruusalus tuli kaasujättiläisen vetovoiman piiriin.
- The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.
- gravity
- Synonyms: gravitaatio, gravitaatiovoima, painovoima
- maan vetovoima ― Earth's gravity
Usage notes[edit]
- (gravity): When the term vetovoima is used, the source of gravity is usually mentioned. More generally, "gravity" is painovoima in Finnish.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vetovoima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vetovoima | vetovoimat | ||
genitive | vetovoiman | vetovoimien | ||
partitive | vetovoimaa | vetovoimia | ||
illative | vetovoimaan | vetovoimiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vetovoima | vetovoimat | ||
accusative | nom. | vetovoima | vetovoimat | |
gen. | vetovoiman | |||
genitive | vetovoiman | vetovoimien vetovoimainrare | ||
partitive | vetovoimaa | vetovoimia | ||
inessive | vetovoimassa | vetovoimissa | ||
elative | vetovoimasta | vetovoimista | ||
illative | vetovoimaan | vetovoimiin | ||
adessive | vetovoimalla | vetovoimilla | ||
ablative | vetovoimalta | vetovoimilta | ||
allative | vetovoimalle | vetovoimille | ||
essive | vetovoimana | vetovoimina | ||
translative | vetovoimaksi | vetovoimiksi | ||
abessive | vetovoimatta | vetovoimitta | ||
instructive | — | vetovoimin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “vetovoima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04