Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biphasic sleep

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: bipha-sic sleep
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of sleeping twice per night, interrupted by a period of wakefulness; common in the days before electric lighting during the season with longer night.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of taking a regular nap during the afternoon and sleeping fewer hours at night.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Beginning in the 1700s, the industrial revolution—its light, its caffeine, its clocks, and above all, its work schedules—took Europe’s biphasic sleep in its hairy arms and mushed the two phases together."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does biphasic sleep mean?: The practice of sleeping twice per night, interrupted by a period of wakefulness; common in the days before electric lighting during the season with longer night.

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