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What is polyphasic sleep?
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Multiple bouts in 24: Sleeping multiple times in a 24 hour period. Human beings typically sleep in one bout in the 24 hour period.
Answered 7/2/2014
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Multiple Naps: Polyphasic sleep is the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24 hour period of time. It does not imply a particular sleep schedule.
Answered 11/18/2014
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Polyphasic sleep: Taking multiple naps over the 24 hour period.
Answered 5/20/2015
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Interval : Sleeping. Instead of accumulating all of your sleep in a single session, it involves taking shorter sleep intervals throughout the day.
Answered 5/20/2015
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