microsleep
A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.
Noun
- A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.
- 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,...
- 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:...
Origin
From micro- + sleep.