Meaning of microsleep | Babel Free

Definitions

A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level