memory

English

/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/, /ˈmɪm(ə)ɹi/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
  • A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
  • (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
  • The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
  • (attributive) which returns to its original shape when heat
  • (obsolete) A memorial.
  • (zoology) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a m

Etymology

Derived from memorie derived from Old French memoire derived from Latin memoria (memory, the faculty of remembering, a historical account, remembrance) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (remember, allot, assign, be mindful, care for, think, fall into thinking, take careful thought of), *(s)mer- (remember, allot, assign, be mindful, care for, think, fall into thinking, take careful thought of).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)mer-

Gloss

remember, allot, assign, be mindful, care for, think, fall into thinking, take careful thought of

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

思, 考

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