— mnemic /nee"mik/ , adj.
/nee"mee/ , n.
1. Psychol. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
2. ( cap. ) Class. Myth. the Muse of memory, one of the original three Muses. Cf. Aoede, Melete .
[ 1910-15; mnéme memory; see MNEMONIC ]