Memory vs Promnesic - What's the difference?
memory | promnesic |
(uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
* (rfdate) Albert Schweitzer
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
(attributive, of a material) which returns to its original
(obsolete) A memorial.
* Shakespeare
Of, pertaining to, or promoting memory.
As a noun memory
is the ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.As an adjective promnesic is
of, pertaining to, or promoting memory.memory
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Alternative forms
* memorie (archaic)Noun
- Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory .
- I have no memory of that event.
- This data passes from the CPU to the memory .
- in recent memory'''''; ''in living '''memory
- These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
Synonyms
* (ability to recall) recall * (stored record) recall, recollection * (RAM or ROM) core (old-fashioned )Derived terms
* declarative memory * eidetic memory * false memory * flashbulb memory * folk memory * institutional memory * living memory * memory bank * memory card * memory foam * memory lane * photographic memory * recent memory * semantic memory * sensory memory * trip down memory laneSee also
* (wikipedia) * remember * mnemonicsStatistics
*promnesic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The search continues for drugs with promnesic effects.