The Clue
Radiation dosage (3 letter answer)
The Answer
REM
Tags
Notes
The answer REM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Ad ___ (relevant)
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Sleep acronym
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Sleep state
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Unit of radiation
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Crucial sleep stage
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Part of a sleep cycle
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Post-retirement activity?
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Sleep phase, familiarly
Sleep phase, for short
Sleep-research abbr.
Sleep researcher's abbr.
Sleep stage: Abbr.
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Acronym associated with retirement?
It has you seeing things
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Definition
REM as a noun:
1. (paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM) = a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
2. (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays