slow-wave in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for slow-wave in the French»English Dictionary

sommeil [sɔmɛj] N m

1. sommeil PHYSIOL:

sommeil

sleep uncountable

sommeil profond/léger/réparateur

deep ou sound/light/refreshing sleep

trouver/perdre le sommeil

to get to/to lose sleep

j'ai du sommeil à rattraper

I've got to catch up on lost sleep

avoir sommeil

to be ou feel sleepy

nuit sans sommeil

sleepless night

avoir le sommeil agité

to sleep fitfully

avoir le sommeil léger/lourd

to be a light/heavy sleeper

tirer qn de son sommeil

to wake [sb] up, to rouse sb form

2. sommeil (attente):

être en sommeil projet, activité, affaire:

to have been put on ice

laisser ou mettre un projet en sommeil

to put a project on ice

sommeil crépusculaire

twilight sleep, seminarcosis spec

sommeil éternel

eternal rest

sommeil à ondes lentes

slow-wave sleep

sommeil paradoxal

REM sleep

sommeil profond

slow-wave sleep

sommeil rapide

REM sleep

Phrases:

dormir d'un sommeil de plomb

to sleep like a log inf

dormir du sommeil des justes

to sleep the sleep of the just

dormir de son dernier sommeil

to sleep one's last ou final sleep

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Mallards have been observed to spend more time in unihemispheric slow-wave sleep than the birds towards the center.

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Research work has involved investigating, creating, and designing light-weight slow-wave vacuum electronics devices based on traveling wave tube amplifiers.

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They offered a size-reducing design alternative to bulky waveguide filters and lower-cost alternatives for electronic oscillator, frequency selective limiter and slow-wave circuits.

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Another function slow-wave sleep affects is the secretion of growth hormone, which is always greatest during this stage.

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