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dream
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. -
dreamtime
(often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines. -
rapid eye movement
rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming. -
rem sleep
a recurrent period of sleep, typically totaling about two hours a night, during which most dreaming occurs as the eyes move under closed lids and the skeletal muscles are deeply relaxed. -
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.