Was (wer) ist Mnemonical - definition
Mnemonical
·adj Assisting in memory.
mnemonic
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![Detail of [[Giordano Bruno]]'s statue in [[Rome]]. Bruno was famous for his mnemonics, some of which he included in his treatises ''De umbris idearum'' and ''Ars Memoriae''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giordano Bruno Campo dei Fiori cropped.jpg?width=200 "Detail of [[Giordano Bruno]]'s statue in [[Rome]]. Bruno was famous for his mnemonics, some of which he included in his treatises ''De umbris idearum'' and ''Ars Memoriae''.")
ANY LEARNING TECHNIQUE THAT AIDS INFORMATION RETENTION OR RETRIEVAL (REMEMBERING) IN THE HUMAN MEMORY
Mnemonic technique; Mnemonic aid; Mnemonic device; Mnenomic; Nemonic; Mneumonic; Mnemonic verse; Mneumonic device; Neumonic; Neumonic device; Memory aid; Mnemonic trick; Mnemonics; Mnemonic techniques; Memory system
[n?'m?n?k]
¦ noun a pattern of letters or ideas, which aids the memory.
¦ adjective aiding or designed to aid the memory.
?relating to the power of memory.
Derivatives
mnemonically adverb
mnemonist 'ni:m?n?st noun
Origin
C18 (as adjective): via med. L. from Gk mnemonikos, from mnemon 'mindful'.
mnemonic
ANY LEARNING TECHNIQUE THAT AIDS INFORMATION RETENTION OR RETRIEVAL (REMEMBERING) IN THE HUMAN MEMORY
Mnemonic technique; Mnemonic aid; Mnemonic device; Mnenomic; Nemonic; Mneumonic; Mnemonic verse; Mneumonic device; Neumonic; Neumonic device; Memory aid; Mnemonic trick; Mnemonics; Mnemonic techniques; Memory system
<programming> 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)
