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DELTA WAVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does delta wave mean?

• DELTA WAVE (noun)
The noun DELTA WAVE has 1 sense:

1. the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz)

Familiarity information: DELTA WAVE used as a noun is very rare.

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• DELTA WAVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

delta rhythm; delta wave

Hypernyms ("delta wave" is a kind of...):

brain wave; brainwave; cortical potential ((neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph)

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