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Webster 1913 Edition

Mnemonics

Mne-mon′ics

,

Noun.

[Gr.

τὰ μνημονικά

: cf. F.

mnémonique

.]

The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mnemonics

MNEMON'ICS

,

Noun.

[from Gr. to remember.] The art of memory; the precepts and rules intended to teach the method of assisting the memory.

Definition 2025

mnemonics

mnemonics

English

Alternative forms

mnemonicks (obsolete)

Noun

mnemonics pl ‎(plural only)

plural of mnemonic
(plural only) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

Translations

study of techniques for improving memory

Chinese:
Mandarin: 記憶術 (zh), 记忆术 (zh) ‎(jìyìshù), 助憶, 助忆 ‎(zhùyì)
Czech: mnemotechnika (cs) f
Dutch: mnemoniek
Finnish: muistitekniikka, mnemoniikka, muistitaito
French: mnémotechnique (fr)

German: Mnemotechnik (de)
Ido: mnemoniko (io)
Italian: mnemonica (it) f
Japanese: 記憶術 ‎(きおくじゅつ, kiokujutsu)
Russian: мнемо́ника (ru) f ‎(mnemónika), мнемоте́хника (ru) f ‎(mnemotéxnika)
Spanish: mnemotécnica (es) f
Swedish: mnemoteknik (sv) c

References

mnemonics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
mnemonics in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911