how to pronounce longitudinal

/ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəl/

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longitudinal is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of longitudinal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… seed longitudinal study published in …”

meanings of longitudinal

adjective:

Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
Relating to length, or to longitude.
Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.

noun:

Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

longitudinal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word longitudinal occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics longitudinal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that longitudinal can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) transport and travel;