mnemotechnic, a. and n. pl.
(niːməʊˈtɛknɪk)
[f. mnemotechny + -ic. Cf. F. mnémotechnique.]
A. adj. = mnemonic a.
| 1839 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. II. 437/2 The mnenotechnic [sic] rules appended to it. 1844 Fauvel Gouraud (title) Phreno-mnemotechnic dictionary. 1873 Hamerton Intell. Life iii. x. (1875) 128 The mnemotechnic art..may be of some practical use in ordinary life. |
B. n. pl. [See -ic 2 (-ics).] = mnemonics. Also as sing. rare.
| 1845 Fauvel Gouraud in N. Amer. Rev. July 262 A gigantic impulse given to mnemotechnics. 1868 D. G. Brinton Myths New World i. (1876) 15 On what principle of mnemotechnics the ideas were connected with the knots and colors we are very much in the dark. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 503 See, you have forgotten. Exercise your mnemotechnic. |