‖ memoria technica
(mɪˈmɔərɪə ˈtɛknɪkə)
[L. = ‘technical memory’.]
A method by which the memory is assisted by artificial contrivances; a system of mnemonics; a mnemonic contrivance.
| 1730 [R. Grey] (title) Memoria Technica; or, a new method of Artificial Memory. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. Introd. Lect. 32 Must an artificial method of forgetting become even more necessary than a memoria technica? 1864 Pusey Lect. Daniel vi. 295 Such were the 22 Books intended by Josephus, so numbered by a sort of memoria technica, in conformity to the 22 Hebrew letters. |