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slow-wave sleep

slow-wave sleep
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sloh-weyv]
    • /ˈsloʊˈweɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sloh-weyv]
    • /ˈsloʊˈweɪv/

Definition of slow-wave sleep words

  • noun slow-wave sleep a recurrent period of deep sleep, typically totaling five or six hours a night, distinguished by the presence of slow brain waves and by very little dreaming. 1

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Origin of slow-wave sleep

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Slow-wave sleep

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

slow-wave sleep popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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