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mne•me
(nē′mē),USA pronunciation n.
mne•mic
(nē′mik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Psychologythe retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
- (cap.) [Class. Myth.]the Muse of memory, one of the original three Muses. Cf. Aoede, Melete.
- Greek mné̄mē memory; see mnemonic
- 1910–15;
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