mnemonics

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  1. noun A system to develop or improve the memory.

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  • We process experience by trying to recombine it in ways that make sense and provide us with mnemonics-myths, legends, tragedy, comedy, fiction. —  Nancy Rommelmann
  • He looks at law as mnemonics or, more generally, as a cognitive process. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Glenn says kitchen personnel are aided by a computerized system that's linked to the floors where the unit secretaries put in mnemonics (codes) for the doctors 'diet orders, and by the "spoken menu" system in which personal meal assistants go to patients' bedsides shortly before each meal. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
  • In order to help those poor students who scratch their brains about the new words to be learnt, the GRE aspirants who find all the words in the wordlist Greek and Latin, or even the language enthusiasts who are fond of picking up newer words every day, a mind map bank is now available online which gets them move on from the known to the unknown: a dictionary devoted for the mnemonics. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
  • Linked: Recall is high for things that are linked by mnemonics or analogy —  Planet TW
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  1. Cf. French mnémonique = Spanish Portuguese Italian mnemonica, feminine; from Greek μνημονικά, mnemonics, plural of μνημονικόν (sc. τέχνημα), mnemonics, neuter of μνημονικός, mnemonic: see mnemonic.
 

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