Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system to develop or improve the memory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of improving or developing memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist or improve the memory. Also
mnemonic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
mnemonic . - noun plurale tantum The study of techniques for
remembering anything more easily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a method or system for improving the memory
Etymologies
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Examples
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The two systems are similarly comparable as far as keyboard accessibility is concerned, but Windows-minded users will have a hard time memorizing the combinations instead of reading the mnemonics from the menus.
My Quest For The Mac’s Keyboard Shortcut Soul | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The art of mnemonics is insufficiently taught, and when practised by novices is apt to lead to confusion: witness the crude prep. -school chestnut about Mrs. Lummock and Mrs. Kelly.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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Sure, keyword mnemonics can be very useful for anyone trying to improve their vocabulary.
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Systematic, or scientific study is invaluable as supplying a natural kind of mnemonics, if for nothing else.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Systematic, or scientific study is invaluable as supplying a natural kind of mnemonics, if for nothing else.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The table below shows a list of nine more Estonian words, with mnemonics provided by the community at memrise.com.
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As illustrated by Foer's example, the key with mnemonics is creating the most striking visual images possible.
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A visit to any bookshop will reveal myriad self-help books promoting the use of mnemonics as a means of improving your memory.
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I need those mnemonics to recall which book a scene is in, or which year a story is from.
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We've left two words without mnemonics so you can practise making some of your own.
alguien commented on the word mnemonics
If I hear one more person pronounce this word as "pneumonic," I'm going to puke.
March 27, 2007