cold sleep

See also: coldsleep

English

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Noun

cold sleep (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of coldsleep.
   • 1957, Robert A. Heinlein, The Door Into Summer, →ISBN:

     I hesitated, then added, "I'm going to take the Long Sleep. The cold sleep—you know what I mean."

   • 1998 May 15, Larry Niven, Destiny's Road, →ISBN:

     Half a thousand colonists had left Sol system in cold sleep, with twenty crew.

   • 2004, Harry Turtledove, Homeward Bound, →ISBN:

     Anyone who worked on cold sleep for humans would have to know about what the Lizards did so they could fly between the stars without getting old on the way.

Synonyms

• suspended animation