--- title: "How to pronounce \"longwave\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"longwave\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/JfrtlBcgI00/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/longwave" --- # How to pronounce "longwave" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/lɒʊngwɪv/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **lon·gwave** - **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-longwave.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-longwave.wav.mp3) ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters. - Capable of transmitting or receiving signals at such a wavelength. ### NOUN - Radio having a wavelength greater than 1000 meters. - *Example*: "He likes to listen to BBC Radio 4 on longwave." ### Example Sentences - "He likes to listen to BBC Radio 4 on longwave." - "longwave UVA filter but the problem is it's called photo labile it breaks down in the sun after 20 to 30 minutes so it has to have a photo stabilizer added and" - "outgoing longwave radiation where you have a signature of the subtropical dry zones in the radiation field and people look for Trends and and actually a lot" ### Common Phrases - longwave radiation - outgoing longwave ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (12 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "longwave" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "longwave UVA filter but the problem is it's called photo labile it breaks down in the sun after 20 to 30 minutes so it has to have a photo stabilizer added and" - **Watch at 43:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfrtlBcgI00&t=2603s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "outgoing longwave radiation where you have a signature of the subtropical dry zones in the radiation field and people look for Trends and and actually a lot" - **Watch at 37:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FngqEwiJQYw&t=2271s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "in the longwave part of the spectrum, so-called global warming is one and a half watts per meter squared." - **Watch at 17:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbh6YuFVvoE&t=1028s) ### Example 4 > "Cirrus clouds like these reflect about 50% of insolation, or incoming solar radiation. But they’re even better at trapping longwave radiation trying to move back out to space, insulating and warming the Earth’s atmosphere as part of the natural greenhouse effect. Miles down the road, the sky is filled with dull, gray, flat, horizontal layers of low-level clouds below 2000 meters." - **Watch at 2:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_UOLsN72Q&t=148s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "the absorption and the re-emission of longwave radiation." - **Watch at 8:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wrDRNRfHk&t=511s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "So you trap the outgoing longwave radiation, you warm the atmosphere, and then that readmits back to earth about that much." - **Watch at 8:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wrDRNRfHk&t=528s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "We estimate a change in the longwave forcing of about 7 watts per square meter." - **Watch at 19:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wrDRNRfHk&t=1198s) ### Example 8 > "it's still enough to allow that long wavelength penetrating infrared light to still come through. So, is the longwave infrared light the type of thing that we see these gadgets doing? Absolutely. And and I would say just to be specific is because you can see that as red light there, that's not infrared light because you can see it." - **Watch at 33:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJlGHVmdrA&t=2016s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "which thinks that we could be in a commodi super cycle oh I definitely think we are if you look back at the very long history of industrial commodity prices and I'm talking about you know 100 years or more of History the they move in longwave Cycles related to industrialization demographic change and and and most importantly building out of infrastructure and that's exactly what we're seeing we're seeing the emerging" - **Watch at 3:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7L_iD0j8hk&t=196s) ### Example 10 > "to throw it off. Fortunately, the Earth doesn't get swelteringly hot because the Earth and the atmosphere naturally balance the shortwave solar energy that arrives with the longwave energy sent back to space. This is the atmospheric energy budget, which is achieved with three common types of energy transfers." - **Watch at 4:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ZI9aqurfA&t=248s) ## How to Pronounce "longwave" - **Syllables**: lon · gwave - **IPA**: `/lɒʊngwɪv/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “longwave”? “longwave” is pronounced /lɒʊngwɪv/ (lon · gwave). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “longwave”? “longwave” has 2 syllables: lon · gwave. ### What does “longwave” mean? Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters. ### How can I hear “longwave” used in real sentences? 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