short-term memory
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
short-term memory (uncountable)
- (psychology) The capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.
- Synonym: STM
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- “short-term memory” (US) / “short-term memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “short-term memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “short-term memory”, in Collins English Dictionary.