[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mnemonic \mnemon"ic\ n-emo^n"i^k, mnemonical
\mnemon"ical\ n-emo^n"i^kal, 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

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mnemonic \mnemonic\ 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

   note: 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.

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mnemonic
     adj : of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the
           memory; "mnemonic device" syn: mnemotechnic, mnemotechnical
see also:
mnemotechnic mnemotechnical 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

mnemonic
     
         a word or string which is intended to be easier
        to remember than the thing it stands for.  most often used in
        "instruction mnemonic" which are so called because they are
        easier to remember than the binary patterns they stand for.
        non-printing ascii characters also have mnemonics like
        nak, esc, del intended to evoke their meaning on certain
        systems.
     
        1995-05-11
     
     
see also:
instruction mnemonic binary ascii nak esc del 

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