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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Attempted instruction in a subject during sleep, usually by means of recordings.
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- noun teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)
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An avid inventor, he held some 80 patents by the time he died and some of his inventions included the Hypnobioscope for sleep-learning and the Osophone a bone conductor hearing aid.
The History of Science Fiction: Hugo Gernsback | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2008
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"I am skeptical about sleep-learning studies in general," said Jerome M.
Shocking Memories Steven Reinberg 2006
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LAANYE - sleep-learning device invented by the Linyaari that can, from a small sample of any foreign language, teach the wearer the new language overnight.
Acorna's Rebels McCaffrey, Anne 2003
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Aari and Acorna had spent every waking hour with the LAANYE and the Niriian logbook, then, while sleeping, learning the nuances of the Niriian language from the LAANYE's sleep-learning programs.
Acorna's World McCaffrey, Anne 2000
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The sleep-learning didn't do any good, so I didn't get any classified material.
The Norby Chronicles Asimov, Janet & Asimov, Isaac 1983
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Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society.
MobileRead Forums pilotbob 2010
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But whether the specific content of dreams plays a role in this sleep-learning process wasn't clear.
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