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nonsleep

n. That which is not sleep; the time during which one is awake.

Usage examples of "nonsleep".

But the leaves and cotyledons of many nonsleeping plants move in a much more complex manner than in the cases just alluded to, for they describe two, three, or more ellipses in the course of a day.

But there is frequently a distinct trace of periodicity in the circumnutating movements of nonsleeping leaves and cotyledons.