mnemonic

[ ni-mon-ik ]

/ nɪˈmɒn ɪk /

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adjective

assisting or intended to assist the memory.

pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.

noun

something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.

Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, asSTO for “store.”

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Origin of mnemonic

1660–70; <Greek mnēmonikós of, relating to memory, equivalent to mnēmon- (stem of mnḗmōn) mindful + -ikos-ic

OTHER WORDS FROM mnemonic

mne·mon·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mnemonic

mnemonic , pneumonic

Words nearby mnemonic

M.N.A., M'Naghten test, M.N.A.S., M.N.E., mneme, mnemonic, mnemonics, Mnemosyne, Mnesicles, mngr., M.N.S.

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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 News
Young 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 Post
These 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 Post
Mitchell 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 Hub

The 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|DAILY BEAST
He himself went on to produce The Quiet American and Johnny Mnemonic.
The Great Book of Picasso Returns|Sarah Moroz|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
But 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 Gross
On the one hand, it may help to clear up misunderstandings when false mnemonic has been applied.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
There 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. Chambers
The form in which many episodes are cast is not unlike a mnemonic, leaving the story-teller to fill in the details himself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mnemonic

mnemonic

/ (nɪˈmɒnɪk) /

adjective

aiding or meant to aid one's memory

of or relating to memory or mnemonics

noun

something, such as a verse, to assist memory

Derived forms of mnemonic

mnemonically, adverb

Word Origin for mnemonic

C18: from Greek mnēmonikos, from mnēmōn mindful, from mnasthai to remember

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