mnemonic
mnemonic Lexical Profile
mnemonic Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A pattern of letters, ideas, rhymes, or associations designed to assist in remembering information.
"Medical students often rely on clever mnemonics to memorize the twelve cranial nerves before their anatomy exams."
A short, human-readable abbreviation or symbolic code used in assembly language to represent a specific machine-level computing instruction.
"In assembly programming, the mnemonic 'ADD' is much easier for a developer to read and write than its raw binary opcode."
• adjective
Aiding or designed to aid the memory; relating to the power or process of remembering.
"The music teacher taught her young students a mnemonic phrase to help them recall the order of the notes on the treble clef."
Word Nuance & Usage
Because the initial 'm' is silent, the word is frequently misspelled as 'pneumonic', which is an unrelated medical adjective referring to the lungs or pneumonia.
• Rhymes for mnemonic
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-18th century via Medieval Latin from Ancient Greek 'mnēmonikos' (of or relating to memory), derived from 'mnēmōn' (mindful) and closely associated with Mnemosyne, the Greek Titaness of memory and mother of the nine Muses.