English Explanatory Dictionary

mneme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Persisting effect of memory of past events.
name
  1. One of the moons of the planet Jupiter, in the Ananke satellite group.

Pronunciation

/ˈniːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mneme.wav /ˈniːmiː/

Word forms

mneme mnemes

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme. From Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē).

Related words

Mneme Lake
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