polyphasic
Americanadjective
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having more than two phases.
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habitually doing more than one thing at a time.
a polyphasic personality.
Etymology
Origin of polyphasic
Example Sentences
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Niall Boyce, an English professor at the University of London, argued that polyphasic sleep may not necessarily have been the norm.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
"Ubiquitin units that are too far apart or too close together don't favor condensate formation as much. Jeremy Schmit used theoretical modeling and polyphasic linkage concepts to generalize these experimental observations."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
Cats are nocturnal, and dogs are polyphasic sleepers, which means they have about three sleep/wake cycles per hour at night, says Jerry Klein, the American Kennel Club’s chief veterinary officer.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
Yes, there is a jape about polyphasic sleep.
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2020
From an infant's polyphasic snippets of slumber to the “hyper-associative problem-solving benefits” of REM dreaming, Walker's investigation is anything but soporific.
From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017
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