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mne⋅mon⋅ic

  [ni-mon-ik]
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–adjective
1. assisting or intended to assist the memory.
2. pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.
–noun
3. something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
4. Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for “store.”
Origin:
1745–55; < Gk mnēmonikós of, relating to memory, equiv. to mnēmon- (s. of mnmōn) mindful + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
mne⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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mne·mon·ic   (nĭ-mŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.
n.  A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

[Greek mnēmonikos, from mnēmōn, mnēmon-, mindful; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mne·mon'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

mnemonic  (adj.)
1753, from Gk. mnemonikos "of or pertaining to memory," from mnemon (gen. mnemonos) "remembering, mindful," from mnasthai "remember," from PIE base *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). The noun meaning "mnemonic device" is from 1858. Mnemonics "art of developing memory" is from 1721. Mnemosyne, lit. "memory, remembrance," was a titaness, mother of the Muses.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2mnemonic
Function: noun
: a mnemonic device or code
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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mnemonic mne·mon·ic (nĭ-mŏn'ĭk)
adj.
Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory. n.
A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

mne·mon'i·cal·ly adv.

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