mneumonic

English

Etymology

From confusion of mnemonic and pneumonic.

Adjective

mneumonic (not comparable)

1. Misspelling of mnemonic.
   • 1975, EDN:

     ... mneumonic form to serve as Editor inputs. New inputs plus sections of existing programs are combined to form a new Source. This Source is the input to the language Translator (Assembler or Compiler). OBJECT (BINARY) CODE LOADER […]

   • 2006 July 19, Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richardson, Ruby Cookbook, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 12:

     ... mneumonic aliases consisting of a backslash and a letter. "\a" == "\xO7" # => true # ASCII 0x07 = BEL (Sound system ... mneumonic. Printable characters are output as their printable representation, even if another representation was used […]

   • 2009 January 1, Rajiv Chopra, Operating System (A Practical App), S. Chand Publishing, →ISBN, page 466:

     ... mneumonic, Binary-opcode, Instruction length & instruction format (b) Write mneumonic, Binary-opcode, instruction length & instruction format into MOT.DAT & continue step (4) while choice = 1 Step 5: close MOT.DAT Step 6: if choice = 2 […]

   • 2010 October 4, Mourad Wahba, Averroes and the Enlightenment, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 178:

     " […] Mneumonic Success.” “The magical number seven plus or minus two.” is the norm in the human information storage system called memory. The Muslims can boast of exceptional success in both number and verbal memory. The authenticity of […]

   • 2016 January 26, Lourie W. Reichenberg, Linda Seligman, Selecting Effective Treatments: A Comprehensive, Systematic Guide to Treating Mental Disorders, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:

     ... mneumonic. Readers who are familiar with the Client Map method of diagnosis and assessment already know how this simple acronym helps to make the process more thorough and effective by covering all the major elements of the treatment […]

   • 2021 July 19, Kendra Menzies Kent, MS, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN, CENP, Adult CCRN® Certification Review, Second Edition: Think in Questions, Learn by Rationales, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 468:

     ... mneumonic has been used in critical care for improving liberation from mechanical ventilation. The addition of FGH to the mneumonic is in relation to PICS is to address issues with family and transitions of care, good handoff […]

Noun

mneumonic (plural mneumonics)

1. Misspelling of mnemonic.
   • 1901, William Henry Groves, The Rational Memory, page 62:

     […] mneumonics, whose names were once a household word, are now scarcely remembered. Petrus de Ravenna, Schenkel, Willis, Feinaigle, Gouraud - have no longer the ear of the public. Mneumonics may be useful sometimes, but he who […]

   • 1999, An Automated Code Generator for Three-Dimensional Acoustic Wave Propagation with Geometrically Complex Solid Wall Boundaries:

     […] mneumonic 3.46 used in two-dimensions becomes a tensor or cube-shape in three- dimensions. To evolve the pressure to the next time step, each of the elements in the mneumonic form must be evaluated. A similar mneumonic is formed […]

   • 2007 07, Caroline Boykin, The Well-Versed Family: Raising Kids of Faith Through Do-Able Scripture Memory, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:

     ... mneumonics—from picking a PIN number associated with a birthday to recalling a spelling rule using a jingle (“i” before “e” except after “c”). Mneumonics are devices that help you remember something by linking it with something else.51 […]