RAPID EYE MOVEMENT

Meaning of RAPID EYE MOVEMENT in English

■ noun the jerky movement of a person's eyes that occurs in REM sleep.

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RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — noun Date: 1916 a rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated especially with REM sleep
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — noun : rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated especially with REM sleep
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT. — rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — Date: 1916 : a rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated especially with REM sleep
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — Function: noun Date: 1916 : a rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated especially with REM sleep
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — [rapid eye movement] n (1916): a rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated esp. with REM sleep
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — (физиологическое) быстрый сон, парадоксальный сон, сон с быстрым движением глаз (стадия сновидений)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — физиол. быстрый сон, парадоксальный сон, сон с быстрым движением глаз ( стадия сновидений )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — физиол. быстрый сон, парадоксальный сон, сон с быстрым движением глаз ( стадия сновидений )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — физиол. быстрый сон, парадоксальный сон, сон с быстрым движением глаз ( стадия сновидений )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT — (физиологическое) быстрый сон, парадоксальный сон, сон с быстрым движением глаз (стадия сновидений)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAPID — a. ~, veloci, hastosi; n. currente rapid, rapides
English interlingue dictionary
MOVEMENT
Английский словарь Британика
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
RAPID — I. ˈrapə̇d adjective ( often rapider often rapidest ) Etymology: Latin rapidus seizing, tearing, hurrying, rapid, from rapere to seize, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOVEMENT — -vmənt, in rapid speech sometimes -bm- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English movement, mevement, from Middle French movement, mouvement, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAPID — (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
Английский словарь Webster
RAPID — (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid …
Английский словарь Webster
RAPID — (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Английский словарь Webster
RAPID — ( a. ) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPID — ( a. ) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPID — ( a. ) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPID — — rapidly , adv. /rap"id/ , adj., rapider, rapidest , n. adj. 1. occurring within a short time; happening speedily: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPID — I. ˈra-pəd adjective Etymology: Latin rapidus seizing, sweeping, rapid, from rapere to seize, sweep away; akin to Lithuanian ap rėpti …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAPID — adj quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. 2. rapid ·adj very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, …
Webster English vocab
MOVEMENT — noun motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. 2. movement ·noun the rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
RAPID — [rap.id] adj [L rapidus seizing, sweeping, rapid, fr. rapere to seize, sweep away; akin to Lith aprepti to embrace] (1634): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAPID — rapid BrE AmE ˈræp ɪd § \ -əd ▷ rapid|ly li ▷ rapid|ness nəs nɪs ▷ rapid|s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RAPID — / ˈræpɪd; NAmE / adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] happening in a short period of time : rapid …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVEMENT — / ˈmuːvmənt; NAmE / noun CHANGING POSITION 1. [ C , U ] an act of moving the body or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAPID — rap ‧ id W3 /ˈræpəd, ˈræpɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: rapidus 'seizing, sweeping …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOVEMENT — move ‧ ment S1 W1 /ˈmuːvmənt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ move , ↑ movement , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAPID — adj. & n. --adj. (rapider, rapidest) 1 quick, swift. 2 acting or completed in a short time. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAPID — adj. & n. adj. (rapider, rapidest) 1 quick, swift. 2 acting or completed in a short time. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAPID — adj. & n. --adj. (rapider, rapidest) 1. quick, swift. 2 acting or completed in a short time. 3 (of a …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
RAPID — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A rapid change is one that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVEMENT — ( movements) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A movement is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAPID — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a quick/rapid calculation ▪ He did a rapid calculation. a rapid expansion ▪ During the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOVEMENT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAPID — [adjective] - quick or suddenI was startled by a rapid movement to my left.His response to the accusation was rapid.There …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
MOVEMENT
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
MOVEMENT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOVEMENT — n. 25B6; noun Rachel made a sudden movement 007C; there was almost no movement : MOTION, move; gesture, gesticulation, sign, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAPID — adj. quick, fast, swift, speedy, high-speed, brisk, expeditious, prompt, express, fleet, lightning(-fast), alacritous; hurried, hasty, precipitate, impetuous, immediate, instantaneous, instant, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOVEMENT — n. 1 repositioning, move, motion, relocation, moving, migration, shift, transfer, flow, displacement Population movement increased dramatically in the Middle Ages …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
RAPID — adjective BAD : These new trains are very rapid. GOOD : These new trains are very fast. BAD : I …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
RAPID — 1. прил. 1) быстрый, скорый, стремительный rapid pulse ≈ учащенный пульс rapid growth ≈ быстрый рост rapid steps ≈ быстрые …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOVEMENT — сущ. 1) а) движение (вообще или какой-л. вид); передвижение, перемещение; воен. передислокация downward movement ≈ движение вниз upward movement ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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