theta wave

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 rhythm

   Broaderbrainwave

Questions about theta wave

What does theta wave mean?

theta wave 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 wave?

Close synonyms include theta 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 theta wave a common word?

theta 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.