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memory definition

memo·ry (memə rē, mem)

noun pl. memories -·ries

  1. the power, act, or process of recalling to mind facts previously learned or past experiences
  2. the total of what one remembers
  3. a person, thing, happening, or act remembered
  4. the length of time over which remembering extends a happening within the memory of living men
  5. commemoration or remembrance in memory of his father
  6. the fact of being remembered; posthumous reputation
  7. plastic memory
  8. Electronics
    1. a device in a computer, guidance system, etc., designed to accept, store, and recall information or instructions; specif., random-access memory
    2. storage or storage capacity as of a computer, disk, etc.

Etymology: ME memorie < OFr < L memoria < memor, mindful, remembering < IE *mimoro-, redupl. of base *(s)mer-, to remember, recall > merit

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