alpha rhythm

1. 1.

   the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed; occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz

   Synonymsalpha wave

   Broaderbrainwave

Questions about alpha rhythm

What does alpha rhythm mean?

alpha rhythm means "the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed; occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz".

What is another word for alpha rhythm?

Close synonyms include alpha wave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alpha rhythm a common word?

alpha rhythm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.