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Definition of Mnemonic
1. Noun. A device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory. "Mnemonic device"
Definition of Mnemonic
1. a. Assisting in memory.
Definition of Mnemonic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily. ¹
2. Noun. Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mnemonic
1. a device to assist the memory [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mnemonic
1. 1. Assisting the memory. Synonym: mnemonic. 2. Relating to the medical history of a patient. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mnemonic
Literary usage of Mnemonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of Libraries by Ernest Cushing Richardson (1914)
"14- mnemonic object libraries mnemonic writing, as it is generally treated ...
The most familiar examples of mnemonic books are the quipus or knotted cord ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"Much labour has been spent on mnemonic devices for assisting in the recollection of
... There are various examples of effective mnemonic combinations. ..."
3. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"The mnemonic Lines.—It is not necessary to commit to memory the valid moods in
each figure. By applying the general rules of the syllogism to the figure in ..."
4. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"... a mnemonic used to help students remember the subordinating conjunctions: ...
is the mnemonic for the subordinating conjunctions (although, after, as, ..."
5. A Manual of Logic by James Welton (1896)
"The names in the mnemonic lines specify the moods by indicating the quality ...
The mnemonic Lines. Each method of determination has led us to the result ..."
6. Auction Methods Up-to-date by Milton Cooper Work (1920)
"Even in Duplicate Whist the mnemonic feature proved most objectionable because any
... mnemonic Whist therefore was generally recognized as merely a test of ..."
7. Scientific Management: A Collection of the More Significant Articles edited by Clarence Bertrand Thompson (1914)
"This is to preserve the principle of always having a numeral before the last
mnemonic letter. You will also observe that the dimensions are here inserted ..."
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