memoria technica

/ mɪˈmɔːrɪə ˈtɛknɪkə /

noun

1. a method or device for assisting the memory

Word History and Origins

Origin of memoria technica¹

C18: New Latin: artificial memory

Example Sentences

They get up a sort of Memoria Technica in early youth, and it clings to them all their life through.

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The peasant girl still knots her handkerchief as her memoria technica, and the lady changes her ring from its accustomed finger.

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Such a circle is, however, convenient as a sort of memoria technica, and can be filled up according to the fancy of the observer.

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Mr. Grey's Memoria Technica was designed as an artificial language to remember numbers, as of the eras, or dates of history.

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So distributed, they would supply a kind of memoria technica.

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