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the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly. Also called hypnopedia.[1950-55]
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Sleep-learning — (also known as hypnopædia) attempts to convey information to a sleeping person, typically by playing a sound recording to them while they sleep.In fictionIt has found its way into some influential science fiction and other literature. [… … Wikipedia
sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly. Also called hypnopedia. [1950 55] * * * sleep learning same as ↑hypnopaedia (see under ↑hypno ). • • • Main Entry: ↑sleep … Useful english dictionary
sleep-learning — sleep learn·ing (slēpʹlûr nĭng) n. Attempted instruction in a subject, such as a foreign language, during sleep, usually by means of recordings. Also called hypnopedia. * * * … Universalium
sleep-learning — sleep learn·ing .lərn iŋ n HYPNOPEDIA … Medical dictionary
sleep-learning — noun teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) • Syn: ↑hypnopedia • Hypernyms: ↑teaching, ↑instruction, ↑pedagogy … Useful english dictionary
sleep learning — n. hypnopedia, learning while asleep (by listening to recordings, etc.); process of providing information into the brain while a person is sleeping … English contemporary dictionary
sleep-teach|ing — «SLEEP TEE chihng», noun. = sleep learning. (Cf. ↑sleep learning) … Useful english dictionary
sleep-learn|ing — «SLEEP LUR nihng», noun. instruction obtained by or given to one who is asleep, usually by means of recordings, on the theory that the sleeper s unconscious is capable of absorbing the information; hypnopedia: »“Sleep learning” is big… … Useful english dictionary
sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… … Universalium
sleep — n. & v. n. 1 a condition of body and mind such as that which normally recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended. 2 a… … Useful english dictionary
