Mnemonic Definition

nĭ-mŏnĭk
mnemonics
adjective
Helping, or meant to help, the memory.
A mnemonic device.
Webster's New World
Of mnemonics or memory.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
mnemonics
Any device or formula used as an aid in memorizing something (Ex.: the phrase “Every Good Boy Does Fine” is a mnemonic for the notes of the strings of a guitar—EGBDF)
Webster's New World

Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

To remember the colours of the rainbow, use the mnemonic: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)
Wiktionary

(computing) The textual, human-readable form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mnemonic

Noun

Singular:
mnemonic
Plural:
mnemonics

Origin of Mnemonic

  • From New Latin mnemonicus, from Ancient Greek μνημονικός (mnÄ“monikos, “of memory"), from μνήμον (mnÄ“mon, “remembering, mindful"), from μνᾶσθαι (mnasthai, “to remember"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think"); see mind.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek mnēmonikos from mnēmōn mnēmon- mindful men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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