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| mem·o·ry [ mémməree ] (plural mem·o·ries) |
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1. ability to retain knowledge: the ability of the mind or of a person or organism to retain learned information and knowledge of past events and experiences and to retrieve that information and knowledge
  have a good memory for faces
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2. somebody's stock of retained knowledge: somebody's stock of retained knowledge and experience
recite the poem from memory
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3. retained impression of event: the knowledge or impression that somebody retains of a person, event, period, or subject
memories of a happy childhood
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4. recollection: the act or an instance of remembering
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5. preservation of knowledge: the preservation of knowledge of and, usually, celebration of a deceased person or past event
a poem in memory of her father
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6. posthumous impression: the knowledge or impression of somebody retained by other people after that person's death
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7. temporal extent of recollection: the period of past time that a person or group is able to remember
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8. storage area in computer: the area of storage in a computer that maintains information for instant retrieval and processing, as distinct from disk storage
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9. computer storage capacity: the storage capacity of a computer that determines how much information can be maintained for instant retrieval and processing
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10. ability to return to original shape: the ability of some materials such as plastics and metals to return to their original shape after being subject to deformation
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin memoria< memor "mindful"] |
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within living memory in the time experienced and remembered by people now alive
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