mnemonic

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< New Latin mnemonicus < Ancient Greek μνημονικός (mnēmonikos), “‘of memory’”) < μνήμον (“‘remembering, mindful’”) < μνάσθαι (mnasthai), “‘to remember’”) < Proto-Indo-European root men- (“‘to think’”); see mind.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Aus, RP) IPA: /nəˈmɔ.nɪk/, SAMPA: /n@'mQnIk/
• (US) IPA: /nəˈmɑːnɪk/, SAMPA: /n@'mAnIk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

mnemonic (not comparable)

1. Of or related to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

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[edit] Noun

mnemonic (plural mnemonics)

1. Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

   Example: To remember the colours of the rainbow, use the nmenonic: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)

[edit] Synonyms

• aide-memoire

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• mnemonics
• mnemonize
• mnemotechny
• mnemotechnic
• mnemotechnical

[edit] See also

• Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses, who personified Memory in Greek mythology.
• crib

[edit] References

• “mnemonic” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 [1]
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• mnemonic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911