"cold sleep" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cold sleep (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of coldsleep Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: coldsleep Synonyms: suspended animation
    Sense id: en-cold_sleep-en-noun-4x-cuhOK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Half a thousand colonists had left Sol system in cold sleep, with twenty crew.",
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          "ref": "2004, Harry Turtledove, Homeward Bound",
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