biphasic sleep

English

Noun

biphasic sleep (uncountable)

  1. The practice of sleeping twice per night, interrupted by a period of wakefulness; common in the days before electric lighting during the season with longer night.
  2. The practice of taking a regular nap during the afternoon and sleeping fewer hours at night.
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