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mnemonic n.

Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse.

An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field. Note: In basic organic chemistry class, one may learn the mnenomic "Oh my, such good apple pie" to help remember the names of the dicarboxylic acids in increasing order of length, namely: oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, and pimelic acids. (From L. Fieser's Organic Chemistry text).

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Etymology of 'Mnemonic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mnemonic" Quotes from Famous Books

... place, the system is a good one, and well worth the labor of mastering, and if the directions are implicitly followed there can be no doubt that the memory will be greatly strengthened and improved, and that the mnemonic feats otherwise impossible may be easily performed. Loisette, however, is not an inventor, but an introducer. He stands in the same relation to Dr. Pick that the retail dealer holds to the manufacturer: the one produced the article, the other brings it to the public. Even this statement is not ...

— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens

... natural somnambulism, automatic writing, with so-called mediumistic trance, as well as certain intoxications, epilepsies, hysterias, and recurrent insanities, afford examples of the development of what I have called secondary mnemonic chains; fresh personalities, more or less complete, alongside the normal state. And I would add that hypnotism is only the name given to a group of empirical methods of inducing ...

— Real Ghost Stories • William T. Stead

Words linked to "Mnemonic" : mnemonics, device, mnemotechnical, twist, mnemotechnic, gimmick