mnemonic
assisting or intended to assist the memory.
pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.
something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for “store.”
Origin of mnemonic
1Other words from mnemonic
- mne·mon·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with mnemonic
- mnemonic , pneumonic
Words Nearby mnemonic
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How to use mnemonic in a sentence
It doesn’t care what you’re fond of, or what mnemonic you learned in elementary school.
The definition of planet is still a sore point – especially among Pluto fans | Lisa Grossman | August 24, 2021 | Science NewsYoung approached the nonprofit Capitol Hill Arts Workshop with an idea for mnemonic animal signs.
Finding these artful animals around Capitol Hill is as easy as ABC | Fritz Hahn | July 22, 2021 | Washington PostThese items helped their families to survive but also served as mnemonic devices that combated the erasure of their histories, their existence.
A humble cloth sack tells a story of enslavement and separation | Marjoleine Kars | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostMitchell uses the term “wishful mnemonics,” coined by a computer scientist in the 1970s.
AI Is Harder Than We Think: 4 Key Fallacies in AI Research | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | May 6, 2021 | Singularity HubThe Marin Carbon Project’s approach is painstakingly data-driven—Wick loves the mnemonic “Measure, map, model, and monitor to manage.”
This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen? | Bobbie Johnson | September 24, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
As for the creative process of writing mnemonic verses versus songs?
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe himself went on to produce The Quiet American and Johnny mnemonic.
The advent of language is intrinsically linked to memory, and many early languages were simply mnemonic devices.
Is the Internet Making Us Forgetful? Michael S. Malone’s ‘The Guardian of All Things’ | Austen Rosenfeld | August 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this term would have no mnemonic significance to one who knows the word Mars as meaning only one of the planets.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Such misunderstandings, produced by false mnemonic, may easily occur during the examination of witnesses.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossOn the one hand, it may help to clear up misunderstandings when false mnemonic has been applied.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossThere is also a reference to this battle on the ice in the Klfsvsa, a mnemonic list of famous heroes and their horses.
Beowulf | R. W. ChambersThe form in which many episodes are cast is not unlike a mnemonic, leaving the story-teller to fill in the details himself.
British Dictionary definitions for mnemonic
/ (nɪˈmɒnɪk) /
aiding or meant to aid one's memory
of or relating to memory or mnemonics
something, such as a verse, to assist memory
Origin of mnemonic
1Derived forms of mnemonic
- mnemonically, adverb
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