alpha wave

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 rhythm

   Broaderbrainwave

Questions about alpha wave

What does alpha wave mean?

alpha wave 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 wave?

Close synonyms include alpha rhythm. 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 wave a common word?

alpha wave 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.