delta wave

1. 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)

   Synonymsdelta rhythm

   Broaderbrainwave

Questions about delta wave

What does delta wave mean?

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

What is another word for delta wave?

Close synonyms include delta 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 delta wave a common word?

delta 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.