vastus
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Etymology
From Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”). Doublet of vast.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvæs.təs/
Noun
vastus (plural vasti)
Derived terms
- vastus externus
- vastus intermedius
- vastus lateralis
- vastus medialis
Anagrams
Noun
vastus (genitive vastuse, partitive vastust)
Declension
| Declension of vastus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vastus | vastused | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | vastuse | ||
| genitive | vastuste | ||
| partitive | vastust | vastusi | |
| illative | vastusse vastusesse |
vastustesse vastusisse | |
| inessive | vastuses | vastustes vastusis | |
| elative | vastusest | vastustest vastusist | |
| allative | vastusele | vastustele vastusile | |
| adessive | vastusel | vastustel vastusil | |
| ablative | vastuselt | vastustelt vastusilt | |
| translative | vastuseks | vastusteks vastusiks | |
| terminative | vastuseni | vastusteni | |
| essive | vastusena | vastustena | |
| abessive | vastuseta | vastusteta | |
| comitative | vastusega | vastustega | |
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vastus. Equivalent to vasta- (“counter-, against”) + -us.
Pronunciation
Noun
vastus
- resistance (the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
- (physics) resistance (force that tends to oppose motion)
- drag (resistance of air or other fluid to something moving in it)
- Synonym: väliaineen vastus (“drag of any medium in general”)
- Hyponyms: ilmanvastus (“air resistance, drag”), veden vastus (“water drag”)
- (electricity) resistance (electrical resistance)
- Synonym: sähkövastus
- (electricity) resistor (electronic component)
- Synonym: resistori
- Clipping of lämmitysvastus (“heating element”): element
- opposition (opposing side in competition)
- Synonym: vastustaja
- (slang, gaming) enemy
- Synonyms: vihollinen, (slang) vihu
Declension
| Inflection of vastus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vastus | vastukset | |
| genitive | vastuksen | vastusten vastuksien | |
| partitive | vastusta | vastuksia | |
| illative | vastukseen | vastuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vastus | vastukset | |
| accusative | nom. | vastus | vastukset |
| gen. | vastuksen | ||
| genitive | vastuksen | vastusten vastuksien | |
| partitive | vastusta | vastuksia | |
| inessive | vastuksessa | vastuksissa | |
| elative | vastuksesta | vastuksista | |
| illative | vastukseen | vastuksiin | |
| adessive | vastuksella | vastuksilla | |
| ablative | vastukselta | vastuksilta | |
| allative | vastukselle | vastuksille | |
| essive | vastuksena | vastuksina | |
| translative | vastukseksi | vastuksiksi | |
| abessive | vastuksetta | vastuksitta | |
| instructive | — | vastuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- alasvetovastus
- höyrynvastus
- ilmanvastus
- kuumennusvastus
- lankavastus
- lämmitysvastus
- lämmönvastus
- lämpövastus
- muistivastus
- ominaisvastus
- pintavastus
- päätevastus
- ruskistusvastus
- sähkövastus
- säätövastus
- vaihtosähkövastus
- valovastus
- vastusharjoittelu
- vastuskumi
- vastuskuminauha
- vastuslanka
- vastuslämpömittari
- vastusmittari
- vastusnauha
- vastusvoima
- vetovastus
- vierimisvastus
- vierintävastus
- ylösvetovastus
Further reading
- “vastus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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