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memory

noun
/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/US/ˈmɪm.ə.ɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English myne (whence English min) and Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.

  1. derived from *(s)mer-✻
  2. derived from memoria
  3. derived from memoire
  4. derived from memorie

Definitions

  1. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of…

    The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

    • Memory is a facility common to all animals.
    • And they say goldfish have no memory. I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise every time.

  2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.

    • I have no memory of that event.
    • My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
    • Sam and his friends will never forget the happy memories of the field trip to France.

  3. The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable…

    The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

    • This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
    • My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

      • in recent memory
      • in living memory

    2. Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.

      • memory metal
      • memory plastic

    3. A memorial.

      • These weeds are memories of those worser hours.

    4. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).

    5. A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

    6. Alternative letter-case form of memory (“pelmanism”).

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Derived

as memory serves, base memory, battery memory, bubble memory, buddy memory allocation, childhood memory, collective memory, commit to memory, constructive memory, conventional memory, core memory, damnation of memory, declarative memory, DIP memory, dynamic memory, dynamic memory allocation, dynamic random access memory, echoic memory, EDO memory, eidetic memory, episodic memory, expanded memory, extended memory, extinction memory, false memory, false memory syndrome, false-memory syndrome, ferrite core memory, flashbulb memory, flash memory, folk memory, forgettery, genetic memory, have a short memory, highly superior autobiographical memory, high memory area, if memory serves, in living memory, in memory of, in recent memory · +107 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at memory. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at memory. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at memory

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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