Explore Mnemonic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like method or device. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mnemonic meaning
- Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
- Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
- Of or relating to memory.
Using Mnemonic
- The main meaning on this page is: Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering. | Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”). | Of or relating to memory.
- Useful related words include: mnemotechnic, mnemotechnical, method, device.
- In the example corpus, mnemonic often appears in combinations such as: the mnemonic, mnemonic for, of mnemonic.
Context around Mnemonic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mnemonic
- In this selection, "mnemonic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, phonetic, based, opcode, device, system and technique stand out and add context to how "mnemonic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mnemonic device for and 1918 visual mnemonic charts have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mnemonic" sits close to words such as aarp, abdi and abuzz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mnemonic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A mnemonic for the symbol is "not pointing in". (9 words)
Anagrams are often used as a form of mnemonic device as well. (12 words)
Another mnemonic is to note the cathode has a 'c', as does 'reduction'. (13 words)
Investigating Aptal manor, the PCs can find a secret passage in the treasury that leads into the tomb of Ipo Aisun-Aiji, a mnemonic from days gone past that sacrificed himself to end the threat of a horrid entity – Mitk’. (40 words)
A mnemonic device for the PNP transistor symbol is "pointing in (proudly/permanently)", based on the arrows in the symbol and the letters in the name. citation Heterojunction bipolar transistor Bands in graded heterojunction NPN bipolar transistor. (37 words)
A mnemonic device for the NPN transistor symbol is "not pointing in", based on the arrows in the symbol and the letters in the name. citation PNP The symbol of a PNP BJT. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The major system (also called the phonetic number system, phonetic mnemonic system, or Herigone's mnemonic system) is a mnemonic technique used to aid in memorizing numbers.
All of these were based on his mnemonic models of organised knowledge and experience, as opposed to the simplistic logic-based mnemonic techniques of Petrus Ramus then becoming popular.
Generally, a mnemonic is a symbolic name for a single executable machine language instruction (an opcode ), and there is at least one opcode mnemonic defined for each machine language instruction.
In particular, some describe anything other than a machine mnemonic or extended mnemonic as a pseudo-operation (pseudo-op).
Mnemonics Scout movement founder Baden-Powell's mnemonic chart from 1918 Visual mnemonic charts have been devised over the ages.
The findings suggest that mnemonic training has long-term benefits for some older adults, particularly those who continue to employ the mnemonic.
In December, when commemorations and anniversaries of the bloody fall of the Ceaușescu regime in 1989 captured the public attention, such dichotomic representations regularly acquired a mnemonic twist.
It consists of three long, descending notes best described through the mnemonic, “Oh dear me…” At first listen, there’s not much to it.
The sense of the meeting is that the mnemonic—which I had taught to me by a friend 40 years ago—is still fairly apt today, but needs adjusting.
Guy in my HS chemistry class suggested the same thing as a mnemonic device for remembering Find over Know in some equation for something.
Investigating Aptal manor, the PCs can find a secret passage in the treasury that leads into the tomb of Ipo Aisun-Aiji, a mnemonic from days gone past that sacrificed himself to end the threat of a horrid entity – Mitk’.
A common mnemonic for remembering the spectral type letters is "Oh, Be A Fine Guy/Girl, Kiss Me".
A convenient mnemonic for remembering the products of unit octonions is given by the diagram at the right, which represents the multiplication table of Cayley and Graves.
Although many of these keystroke sequences were far from self-evident, they tended to lend themselves to mnemonic devices (e.
A mnemonic device for the NPN transistor symbol is "not pointing in", based on the arrows in the symbol and the letters in the name. citation PNP The symbol of a PNP BJT.
A mnemonic device for the PNP transistor symbol is "pointing in (proudly/permanently)", based on the arrows in the symbol and the letters in the name. citation Heterojunction bipolar transistor Bands in graded heterojunction NPN bipolar transistor.
A mnemonic for the symbol is "not pointing in".
A mnemonic link system, sometimes also known as a chain method, is a method of remembering lists that is based on creating an association between the elements of that list.
Anagrams are often used as a form of mnemonic device as well.
Another mnemonic is to note the cathode has a 'c', as does 'reduction'.
Common combinations with mnemonic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mnemonic 15×
- mnemonic for 7×
- of mnemonic 7×
- mnemonic device 6×
- mnemonic devices 4×
- is mnemonic 3×
- mnemonic techniques 3×
- mnemonic is 3×
- mnemonic training 3×
- common mnemonic 3×