Definitions for falling asleep
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1. Falling asleep

   Sleep can be described as a state of reduced mental and physical activity, in which consciousness is altered, and sensory activity is inhibited to a certain extent. During sleep, there is a decrease in muscle activity, and interactions with the surrounding environment are significantly reduced. While sleep is different from wakefulness in terms of the ability to react to stimuli, it still involves active brain patterns, making it more reactive than a coma or disorders of consciousness.Sleep occurs in repeating periods, in which the body alternates between two distinct modes: REM sleep and non-REM sleep. Although REM stands for "rapid eye movement", this mode of sleep has many other aspects, including virtual paralysis of the body. Dreams are a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. During sleep, most of the body's systems are in an anabolic state, helping to restore the immune, nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems; these are vital processes that maintain mood, memory, and cognitive function, and play a large role in the function of the endocrine and immune systems. The internal circadian clock promotes sleep daily at night. The diverse purposes and mechanisms of sleep are the subject of substantial ongoing research. Sleep is a highly conserved behavior across animal evolution, likely going back hundreds of millions of years.Humans may suffer from various sleep disorders, including dyssomnias such as insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea; parasomnias such as sleepwalking and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; bruxism; and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. The use of artificial light has substantially altered humanity's sleep patterns. Common sources of artificial light include outdoor lighting and the screens of electronic devices such as smartphones and televisions, which emit large amounts of blue light, a form of light typically associated with daytime. This disrupts the release of the hormone melatonin needed to regulate the sleep-cycle.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of falling asleep in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of falling asleep in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of falling asleep in a Sentence

1. United States:

   You want to, I guess, get off trade. I don't know, people are falling asleep with trade, to me it's the most exciting thing you can talk about, right?

2. Janet Kennedy:

   One partner might like snuggling before bed and falling asleep in the other's arms, while the other feels crowded and can't relax unless he or she turns away.

3. The American:

   I teed off so early and I was so cold, I was kind of falling asleep. The front nine, I was like, gosh, ‘I’m so tired. Now I’m hungry,’ didn’t hit many fairways on the front nine, so I think that showed on the scorecard. I think just hitting the fairways this week is essential to having a good round. I don’t think distance will help that much because the rough is so long. You’re going to break your wrist if you hit it all at a time.

4. Kathryn Hibbert:

   Most are willing to give it a try, how long they stay in that position really varies from person to person, whether they're comfortable falling asleep in that position, or if they get bored and want to turn over to their backs.

5. Joshua Tal:

   It does not' put you to sleep,' but rather it may reduce anxiety to increase likelihood of falling asleep.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Asleep