Mnemonic
"Mnemonic" in a Sentence (7 examples)
"Takatukaland" is a nice mnemonic for a five-four time signature: Takatukalantakatukalantakatukaland...
You can use this mnemonic so you won't forget.
The crazier or more unusual the mnemonic, the easier it is to remember.
The more outrageous a mnemonic is, the easier it is to remember.
"Never eat soggy waffles." This popular English phrase is a mnemonic used to help people memorize the four cardinal directions.
You can remember the taxonomic hierarchy with the mnemonic, "Dear Ken, please come over for gay sex."
Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment, but unless used on a daily basis could also be dangerous, for there were so many of them.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.