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n. 1. Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field. [ PJC ]

In basic organic chemistry class, one may learn the mnenomic “Oh my, such good apple pie” to help remember the names of the dicarboxylic acids in increasing order of length, namely: oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, and pimelic acids. (From L. Fieser's Organic Chemistry text).

{ } a. [ Gr. mnhmoniko`s, fr. mnh`mwn mindful, remembering, mnh`mh memory, mna^sqai to think on, remember; akin to E. mind. ] Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic device. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ta~ mnhmonika`: cf. F. mnémonique. ] The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. mnhmosy`nh remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic. ] (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as mnemonic.
Syn. -- mnemonic, mnemotechnic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; memory + &unr_; art: cf. F. mnémotechnie. ] Mnemonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses andgonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae.
Syn. -- family Mniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]