wakefulness

noun
/ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/

Etymology

From wakeful + -ness.

  1. inherited from *wakēn
  2. inherited from wacian
  3. inherited from wakien
  4. inherited from *wakaną
  5. inherited from *wakan
  6. inherited from wacan
  7. inherited from waken
  8. suffixed as wakeful — “wake + ful
  9. formed as wakefulness — “wakeful + -ness

Definitions

  1. The state of being wakeful.

    • Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wakefulness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01wakefulness02wakeful03sleeping04sleep05consciousness06conscious07aware08vigilant09vigilance10watchfulness

A definitional loop anchored at wakefulness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at wakefulness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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