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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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."

2. 2
   a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher wordnet
3. 3
   A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.

Synonyms

All synonyms

flash cardflash cardflipcardmemory cardmemory cartridge

Example

More examples

"Of those, the one I use most often is a flashcard system."

Etymology

From flash + card.

Related phrases

digital cameradigital memorymemory cardmemory sticksolid state

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