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Definition of Mnemonics
1. Noun. A method or system for improving the memory.
Definition of Mnemonics
1. n. The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.
Definition of Mnemonics
1. Noun. (plural of mnemonic) ¹
2. Noun. (plurale tantum) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mnemonics
1. mnemonic [n] - See also: mnemonic
Medical Definition of Mnemonics
1. The art of improving the memory; a system for aiding the memory. Origin: G. Mnemonikos, mnemonic, pertaining to memory (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mnemonics
Literary usage of Mnemonics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teacher's Handbook of Psychology by James H. Sully (1910)
"That is to say, learning by heart is permissible if it does not degenerate into
an unintelligent learning by rote.1 Art of mnemonics. In ancient times great ..."
2. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Containing a Critical Exposition of the by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer (1846)
"mnemonics is the art of remembering things ; and like other arts involving ...
Rational mnemonics is distinguished from those systems of memory which are ..."
3. Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1869)
"Of mnemonics or systems of artificial memory. We shall conclude these suggestions
on the subject of aiding and improving the memory, by a remark or two on ..."
4. A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of by Johann Caspar Spurzheim (1828)
"The great errors committed in mnemonics, resemble those committed in all branches of
... The most common kind of mnemonics is founded on language; that is, ..."
5. The Theory of Teaching and Elementary Psychology by Albert Salisbury (1905)
"mnemonics.—At certain periods in the history of education, much attention was
given to mnemonics, or artificial systems for aiding the memory. ..."
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