 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mnemonic
adjective: of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the
memory; "mnemonic device" [syn: {mnemotechnic}, {mnemotechnical}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mnemonic \Mne*mon"ic\ (n[-e]*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Mnemonical
\Mne*mon"ic*al\ (n[-e]*m[o^]n"[i^]*kal), adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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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