mnemonic
English
Alternative forms
- mnemonick (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value NL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. mnemonicus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μνημονικός (mnēmonikós, “of memory”), from μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering, mindful”), from μνᾶσθαι (mnâsthai, “to remember”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”); see mind.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Aus is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nəˈmɒnɪk/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value US is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nəˈmɑːnɪk/, /niˈmɑːnɪk/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
mnemonic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
- Of or relating to memory.
Translations
Noun
mnemonic (plural mnemonics)
- Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.
- To remember the colours of the rainbow, use the mnemonic "Richard of York gave battle in vain" (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
- 2003, Alex Kimbell, The Unbridgeable Divide (page 54)
- Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment […]
- (computing) The textual, human-readable form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something
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Related terms
See also
- Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses, who personified Memory in Greek mythology.
- crib
- not to be confused with pneumonic
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mnemonic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [1]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- “mnemonic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.