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noun
information stored in the brain and retrievable over a long period of time, often over the entire life span of the individual (contrasted with short-term memory).
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Origin of long-term memory
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby long-term memory
long tail, long-tailed cuckoo, long-tailed tit, long-term, long-termism, long-term memory, longtime, long time no see, long tin, long tom, long ton
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British Dictionary definitions for long-term memory
long-term memory
noun
psychol that section of the memory storage system in which experiences are stored on a semipermanent basisCompare short-term memory
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