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flashcard

noun
/ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/US

Etymology

From flash + card.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from carō
  3. derived from *carito✻
  4. derived from carda
  5. derived from carde
  6. inherited from carde
  7. compounded as flashcard — “flash + card”

Definitions

  1. A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or…

    A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.

    • Many people use flashcards to learn languages.
    • I know I'm bad at this I didn't have much practice I had a flashcard deck but I left it in my desk last Friday

  2. A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras…

    A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flashcard. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA