cold sleep

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.

• suspended animation