microsleep
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."