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microsleep en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From micro- + sleep.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.
   • It followed RAIB's conclusion that the driver of tram 2551 had lost attention for a period of several seconds before the accident, possibly due to going into a microsleep. 2022 April 6, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Croydon crash: driver and transport bodies charged”, in RAIL, number 954, page 9:
   • During a microsleep, your brain becomes blind to the outside world for a brief moment—and not just the visual domain, but in all channels of perception. 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 134:

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micronap

Translations (3)

es microsueño (brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds) · cs mikrospánek (brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds) · de Sekundenschlaf (brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds)