memory

Betekenis

1. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
3. The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
5. Which returns to its original shape when heated
6. (obsolete) A memorial.
7. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
8. A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

Met koppelteken als

mem‧o‧ry

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/

Etymologie

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 mimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English ġemynd.

Zinnen

He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length .

Hij had een geweldige herinnering voor poëzie en citeerde het vaak uitvoerig.

This took on core notions in cognitive psychology and in particular memory and attribution .

Dit kreeg kernbegrippen in de cognitieve psychologie en in het bijzonder geheugen en toeschrijving.