Talk:deep sleep

Verifying sense of 'deep sleep'.

The quotations verify the sci-fi sense. 92.29.178.169 15:35, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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Rfv-sense: (fiction) Artificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long-distance travel. Does WT:FICTION apply? This is presumably not the same as either an SoP sense or a medical sense. DCDuring TALK 04:07, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why WT:FICTION would be a concern; the cites I'm finding are from very different, and very marginal, science fiction universes.--Prosfilaes 05:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Cited; none of the universes bear any relation, and the last is at least nominally not fictional.--Prosfilaes 06:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Looks good to me. DCDuring TALK 14:59, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Passed. Note that a different sense is tagged RFD. - -sche (discuss) 04:18, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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deep sleep

sense: "State of sleep from which it is difficult to wake." ie sleep that is deep. There may be a missing technical medical sense. DCDuring TALK 04:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I suspect deep SoPness. Despite entry 11 at deep (which I believe is superfluous); deep = profound Deep sleep = Profound sleep. Also, cf. He was deeply asleep. Or.. Later his sleep was even deeper, as the drug took effect. -- ALGRIF talk 16:31, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

But if we keep deep sleep as in artificial hibernation, shouldn't we have an entry here for the most common use of the phrase? Otherwise people could look up deep sleep and be misled as to its meaning.--Prosfilaes 21:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

We've been using {{&lit}} for that purpose in many idiomatic entries. Do you think it is adequate? DCDuring TALK 22:40, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

That would work, yes.--Prosfilaes 23:23, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Cool, I didn't know we did that. DAVilla 05:36, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

A tip o' the hat to msh210 for that. DCDuring TALK 09:57, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 16:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)