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Mnemonic   /nɪmˈɑnɪk/  /nimˈɑnɪk/   Listen
Mnemonic

noun
1.
A device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall.



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"Mnemonic" Quotes from Famous Books



... postponement of my journey should be unknown to my friends and acquaintances, and I was, therefore, very glad to see in a newspaper, published on the afternoon of the day of my intended departure, my name among the list of passengers who had sailed upon the Mnemonic. For the first time I commended the super-enterprise of a reporter who gave more attention to the timeliness of his news ...
— The Magic Egg and Other Stories • Frank Stockton

... know, Mr. Borlish," said he, still paying his mnemonic tribute to the other names of our syndicate; "nothing to be spoken of as hard times; and as for panic, the financial world is too well organized for that ever to happen again! But a little tightening of things, Mr. Cornings, to sort of clear the decks for action on lines of conservatism ...
— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick

... "partially," because graphic methods, of some kind, were widely used. We may as well omit from consideration, in this connection, the merely pictographic signs of the hunting tribes, although they were used for mnemonic purposes. Let us rather proceed, at once, to the highest specimens of the graphic art in ancient America, and inquire their scope. In Mexico, in Yucatan, in Nicaragua, and in one or two districts of South America, the early explorers ...
— Aboriginal American Authors • Daniel G. Brinton

... pocket contains what the ignorant will esteem scraps of paper. This, however, is the hub and nerve center of my mnemonic system. When I want to remember anything I write it down on a small slip of paper and stick it in that pocket. Before going to bed I clean out the pocket and see how many things I have forgotten during the day. This promotes ...
— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley



Words linked to "Mnemonic" :   gimmick, twist, device



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