Usually means: Brain wave during relaxed wakefulness.
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  1. alpha wave: Merriam-Webster
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▸ noun:  (neurology) An electrical signal produced by the brain while the subject is relaxed.

Similar:
alpha rhythm, beta wave, brain wave, brainwave, gamma wave, default mode network, electroencephalogram, neurophonic, neurometrics, electroencephalography, more...

Opposite:
betwave, thetwave, deltwave

Adjectives:
electroencephalographic, electrocortical, magnetoencephalographic, electroencephalographical, echographic, electroretinographic, plethysmographic, echoencephalographic, electrocardiographic, electromyographic, echogenic

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Similar:
alpha rhythm, beta wave, brain wave, brainwave, gamma wave, default mode network, electroencephalogram, neurophonic, neurometrics, electroencephalography, more...

Opposite:
betwave, thetwave, deltwave

Adjectives:
electroencephalographic, electrocortical, magnetoencephalographic, electroencephalographical, echographic, electroretinographic, plethysmographic, echoencephalographic, electrocardiographic, electromyographic, echogenic



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