mnemonic
- noun
- /nəˈmɒnɪk/
- To help my students remember the colors of the rainbow, I used the mnemonic, 'ROYGBIV.'
- a visual mnemonic
- a verbal mnemonic
- an imagery mnemonic
And I have a mnemonic called Bright Minds.
- And I have a mnemonic called Bright Minds.
- And probably my last seven or eight books, I have this mnemonic called Bright Minds.
- Young men were taught to debate using this architecture as mnemonic.
- It's we tell the mnemonic PET, prolactin, estrogen, thyroid and testosterone.
- And the teachers and supervisors had a great mnemonic called Q-tip, which was quit taking it personally.
- So in the book I talk about it in mnemonic called Bright Minds.
- And then my company is going teacher a fucking mnemonic.
Examples
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The acronym GRIP is used as a mnemonic to remember the parts of the report: Goal, Results, Impact statements, and Program implications.
Academic text (2006) -
The phrase 'DRABC' will be familiar to many people in this respect as a mnemonic for what needs to be done in an emergency: D - danger, R - response, A - airway, B - breathing, C - circulation.
Academic text (2012) -
Finally, the teacher would review the meaning of the mnemonic with students.
Academic text (2013) -
A mnemonic helps students recall the basic parts of a story.
Academic text (1993) -
Note that the name of each transform exit is a mnemonic that represents the transformation or function.
Academic text (1997) -
In addition, rhymes often act as a mnemonic.
Academic text (2012) -
That's just the mnemonic I use to remember the name of the SP100 gene.
Blog text (20) -
The FAST mnemonic is now the subject of government awareness campaigns to encourage prompt hospital admission after a stroke (Table 2).
Academic text (2011) -
Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trig... look it's a mnemonic for the cranial nerves.
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To recall the order of operations in mathematics, we often teach the mnemonic, 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.'
Synonyms
A thing that helps you not forget something
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Etymology
Mnemonic comes from the old Greek word mnēmē, which means 'memory'. So a mnemonic is a small word, rhyme, or trick to help you 'remember' something.