theta rhythm

1. 1.

   the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude

   Synonymstheta wave

   Broaderbrainwave

Questions about theta rhythm

What does theta rhythm mean?

theta rhythm means "the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude".

What is another word for theta rhythm?

Close synonyms include theta 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 theta rhythm a common word?

theta 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.