Definitions for mneme

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mneme mne·me

Spelling: [nee-mee]

IPA: /ˈni mi/

Mneme is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in mneme (eemmn).

Definitions for mneme

noun

1. Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
2. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. the Muse of memory, one of the original three Muses.

Origin of mneme

1910-15; Greek mnḗmē memory; see mnemonic

Examples for mneme

There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno.

Semon also shows that the phenomena of regeneration in the embryo, as well as those of the adult, obey the law of the mneme.

I refer the reader to what has been said concerning the mneme (Chapter I).