- mnemonics
- noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1721 a technique of improving the memory
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Mnemonics — Mne*mon ics, n. [Gr. ta mnhmonika : cf. F. mn[ e]monique.] The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mnemonics — “art of developing memory,” 1721; see MNEMONIC (Cf. mnemonic); also Cf. ICS (Cf. ics) … Etymology dictionary
mnemonics — [nē män′iks] n. [see MNEMONIC] a technique or system of improving the memory by the use of certain formulas pl.n. such formulas … English World dictionary
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Mnemonics — Zeus had many wives, Hera being his number one and his chief nemesis. But he was also married to Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Zeus sired with her the nine muses: Calliope, patron of epic poetry; Terpsichore, goddess of choral dance; Clio … Dictionary of eponyms
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