SWS

American  

abbreviation

Physiology.

1. slow-wave sleep.

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Etymology

Origin of SWS

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the California-based group SWS Mountain Guides said Romero, who was known as Kique, was a "beloved guide, educator, and mentor".

From BBC

“The thing is, this is Mother Nature,” said Tim Keating, founder of SWS Mountain Guides, a company that provides skiing guides and certified avalanche training.

From Los Angeles Times

Rapid snowfall: There’s no scientific formula, but Caleb Burns, co-owner of SWS Mountain Guides, suggests that any significant snowfall in a short amount of time can be a red flag.

From Los Angeles Times

There is a significant difference, though, between the two: those penguins only spent 14% of their time while drowsy, and spent another 37.5% of their time in their own version of SWS.

From Salon

Yet those birds' spurts of SWS on average lasted more than ten times as long at 42 seconds.

From Salon