coldsleep

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See also: cold sleep

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Etymology

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From cold +‎ sleep.

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Noun

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coldsleep (uncountable)

  1. A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
    Synonyms: cryo, cryopreservation, cryosleep
    • 1941 August, Robert A. Heinlein, “Methuselah's Children”, in John W. Campbell, editor, Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 6:
      By converting some of the recreation space to storerooms and adapting the storerooms thus cleared to the purpose of cold-sleep, the ship was roomy enough.
    • 1968 September, Poul Anderson, “The Faun”, in Boys' Life, volume 58, number 9, page 33:
      He had always believed Arcadia lovely, an undespoiled planet waiting for man like a bride, more than worth decades in coldsleep aboard a spaceship, toil and danger of pioneering, isolation from the rest of humankind.

Verb

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coldsleep (third-person singular simple present coldsleeps, present participle coldsleeping, simple past and past participle coldslept)

  1. To experience deep sleep whilst the body is stored at a very cold temperature; to engage in cryogenic sleep.
    Synonym: cryopreserve

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