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Topic: EDUCATION

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Greek
Origin: mnemonikos, from mimneskesthai 'to remember'

mnemonic

 noun
     
mne‧mon‧ic [countable]
SLSE something such as a poem or a sentence that you use to help you remember a rule, a name etc
—mnemonic adjective
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