eidetic

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Photographic memory is often referred under a variety of other names such as eidetic memory or total recall.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.

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  • After all, not as if haven't possessed near-eidetic recall practically from birth. —  AnalogSFF,September2008
  • After the break-up of Pakistan, India declared that two-nation had been sunk in the Bay of Bengal, but eidetic reality was that Bangladesh became an independent country with —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • Certainly, it's only the off-stage magic of history's most eidetic regime that rescues his film from risibility. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • He is a gifted pianist, can solve calculus problems with ease, an exceptional command of language and with an eidetic memory. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Careful attention to lofi and an eidetic memory. posted by Mitheral —  How Now Brownpau
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  1. German eidetisch, from Greek eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.
 

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