mnemonics
English
Alternative forms
- mnemonicks (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μνημονικά (mnēmoniká, “mnemonics”), plural of μνημονικόν (mnēmonikón, “mnemonics”), neuter of μνημονικός (mnēmonikós, “mnemonic”); see mnemonic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈmɒn.ɪks/
- (US) IPA(key): /nəˈmɑn.ɪks/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Noun
mnemonics pl (plural only)
- (plural only) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
Translations
study of techniques for improving memory
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Noun
mnemonics
- plural of mnemonic
References
- “mnemonics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mnemonics”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.