Define the word mnemonic"Mnemonic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mnemonic \Mne*mon"ic\ (n[-e]*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Mnemonical
\Mne*mon"ic*al\ (n[-e]*m[o^]n"[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. mnhmoniko`s,
fr. mnh`mwn mindful, remembering, mnh`mh memory, mna^sqai to
think on, remember; akin to E. mind.]
Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic
device.
[1913 Webster]
"mnemonic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
mnemonic \mnemonic\ n.
1. Something used to assist the memory, as an easily
remembered acronym or verse.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so
as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as
mnemnonics for an italicised word or field.
[PJC]
Note: In basic organic chemistry class, one may learn the
mnenomic "Oh my, such good apple pie" to help remember
the names of the dicarboxylic acids in increasing order
of length, namely: oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric,
adipic, and pimelic acids. (From L. Fieser's Organic
Chemistry text).
"mnemonic" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mnemonic
adj : of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the
memory; "mnemonic device" [syn: mnemotechnic, mnemotechnical]
"mnemonic" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
mnemonic
A word or string which is intended to be easier
to remember than the thing it stands for. Most often used in
"instruction mnemonic" which are so called because they are
easier to remember than the binary patterns they stand for.
Non-printing ASCII characters also have mnemonics like
NAK, ESC, DEL intended to evoke their meaning on certain
systems.
(1995-05-11)
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