SLOW-WAVE SLEEP

Meaning of SLOW-WAVE SLEEP in English

/sloh"wayv"/ , Physiol.

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. Also called S sleep . Cf. REM sleep .

[ 1965-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — noun Date: 1967 a state of deep usually dreamless sleep that occurs regularly during a normal period of sleep with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ - noun : a state of deep usually dreamless sleep that occurs regularly during a normal period of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — n. recurring period of deep and usually dreamless sleep totaling 5 or 6 hours a night recognized by slow brain …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — Date: 1967 : a state of deep usually dreamless sleep that occurs regularly during a normal period of sleep with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — Function: noun Date: 1967 : a state of deep usually dreamless sleep that occurs regularly during a normal period of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — медленноволновой сон
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SLOW-WAVE SLEEP — медленноволновой сон
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SLOW WAVE SLEEP — медленный сон
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
WAVE — I In oceanography, a ridge or swell on the surface of a body of water, normally having a forward motion …
Английский словарь Британика
SLEEP
Английский словарь Британика
WAVE — I. ˈwāv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English waven, from Old English wafian to wave with the hands; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOW
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEEP — I. ˈslēp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English slep, slepe, from Old English slǣp; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAVE — — waveless , adj. — wavelessly , adv. — wavingly , adv. — wavelike , adj. /wayv/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOW
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEP — — sleepful , adj. — sleeplike , adj. /sleep/ , v. , slept, sleeping , n. v.i. 1. to take …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOW — I. ˈslō adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slāw; akin to Old High German slēo dull Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLEEP — I. ˈslēp noun Etymology: Middle English slepe, from Old English slǣp; akin to Old High German slāf sleep and perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAVE — vi water; a body of water. 2. wave ·noun woe. 3. wave ·vt ·see waive. 4. wave ·vi unevenness; inequality …
Webster English vocab
SLOW
Webster English vocab
SLEEP — imp. of sleep. slept. 2. sleep ·vi to be dead; to lie in the grave. 3. sleep ·vt to be …
Webster English vocab
SLOW — [slow] adj [ME, fr. OE slaw; akin to OHG sleo dull] (bef. 12c) 1 a: mentally dull: stupid "a ~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLEEP — [sleep] n [ME slepe, fr. OE slaep; akin to OHG slaf sleep and perh. to L labi to slip, slide] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAVE — on a body of water, a ridge or swell on the surface, normally having a forward motion distinct from the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLEEP — the normal periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Sleep is an easily reversible …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAVE — / weɪv; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF WATER 1. [ C ] a raised line of water …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — / sləʊ; NAmE sloʊ/ adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( slow·er , slow·est ) NOT FAST 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEEP — / sliːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( slept , slept / slept; NAmE /) 1. [ v …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAVE — I. wave 1 S3 W2 /weɪv/ BrE AmE noun 1 . SEA [countable] a line of raised water that moves …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOW — I. slow 1 S2 W2 /sləʊ $ sloʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative slower , superlative slowest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLEEP
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAVE — v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLEEP — n. & v. --n. 1 a condition of body and mind such as that which normally recurs for several hours …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAVE — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLEEP — n. & v. n. 1 a condition of body and mind such as that which normally recurs for several hours …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAVE — v. & n. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting …
Oxford English vocab
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1. a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Oxford English vocab
SLEEP — n. & v. --n. 1. a condition of body and mind such as that which normally recurs for several hours …
Oxford English vocab
WAVE — ( waves, waving, waved) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — ( slower, slowest, slows, slowing, slowed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEEP — ( sleeps, sleeping, slept) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Sleep is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crime wave (= a sudden increase in crime in an area ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOW — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car slows down ▪ The car slowed down and stopped outside our house. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLEEP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sleep pattern ▪ Disturbed sleep patterns may be a symptom of depression. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOW — [verb]To slow is to reduce speed or activity.All the cars have to slow at the bend. [I]The traffic slowed to …
Cambridge English vocab
SLEEP
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAVE — Synonyms and related words : Afro, accost, address, advertise, affect, air, ambages, amplitude, anfractuosity, antinode, barber, be poised, beat, beat …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLEEP — Synonyms and related words : KO, annihilation, ataraxia, ataraxy, bane, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, beauty sleep, beddy-bye, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW — adj. slow up slow down slow coach slow witted
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SLOW — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: RETARDED , backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, simple, slow-witted Related Words: limited; ||dunch …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SLOW — adjective 1. Synonyms: retarded , backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, simple, slow-witted Related Word: limited; ||dunch 2. moving, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW — I. verb ADVERB ▪ considerably , dramatically , markedly , noticeably , sharply , significantly ▪ Sales have ~ed down …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLEEP — I. noun 1 condition of rest ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ light ▪ much-needed ▪ I'm off to bed for some …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLOW — INDEX: 1. moving slowly or doing something slowly 2. happening or changing slowly 3. to do something slowly 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLEEP — See ↑ SLEEP 1,1, ↑ SPACE 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can do sth in your sleep • ↑ can't get …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLEEP — INDEX: 1. to sleep 2. to sleep for a short time 3. to start sleeping 4. to get into your …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLOW
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW — adj. 1 lagging, laggard, dawdling, sluggish, sluggard(ly), slow-moving, leaden, ponderous, unhurried, plodding, snail-like, tortoise-like, torpid, leaden-footed, creeping, crawling; deliberate, slow-paced, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SLEEP — verb 1 BAD : I slept at ten o'clock last night. GOOD : I went to bed at ten o'clock …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WAVE — 1. сущ. 1) вал, волна the waves поэт. ≈ море the sound of the waves breaking on the shore ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLOW — 1. прил. 1) медленный, тихий a slow train ≈ поезд, идущий с малой скоростью Syn : dilatory, gradual, laggard, leisurely, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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