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43 relations: Adjective, Aimé Paris, Astronomer, Baseline (typography), Consonant, Dominic system, François Fauvel Gouraud, Freeware, Gregg shorthand, Gregor von Feinaigle, Harry Lorayne, International Phonetic Alphabet, Iodine, Katapayadi system, Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, Mathematician, Memory sport, Method of loci, Mnemonic, Mnemonic peg system, Noun, Periodic table, Phonetics, Pi, Pierre Hérigone, Puritans, Random access, Rhoticity in English, Richard Grey (priest), Roman numerals, Script typeface, Semivowel, Serif, Shorthand, Silent letter, Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein, Verb, Voice (phonetics), Von Restorff effect, Vowel, William Beveridge (bishop), Xenon.
Adjective
In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated) is a describing word, the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.
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Aimé Paris
Aimé Paris (1798–1866) was a French scholar.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Baseline (typography)
In European and West Asian typography and penmanship, the baseline is the line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend.
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Consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract.
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Dominic system
The Dominic system is a mnemonic system used to remember sequences of digits similar to the mnemonic major system.
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François Fauvel Gouraud
François Fauvel Gouraud (1808 – 16 June 1847) was a French expert in photography and mnemonics.
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Freeware
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.
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Gregg shorthand
Gregg shorthand is a form of shorthand that was invented by John Robert Gregg in 1888.
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Gregor von Feinaigle
Gregor von Feinaigle (22 August 1760 — 27 December 1819) was a German mnemonist and Roman Catholic monk.
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Harry Lorayne
Harry Lorayne (born 1926) is an American magician and a memory-training specialist and writer who was called "The Yoda of Memory Training" by Time magazine.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.
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Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element with symbol I and atomic number 53.
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Katapayadi system
Ka·ṭa·pa·yā·di (Devanagari: कटपयादि) system (also known as Paralppēru, Malayalam: പരല്പ്പേര്) of numerical notation is an ancient Indian system to depict letters to numerals for easy remembrance of numbers as words or verses.
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Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer.
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Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature—especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton.
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Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
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Memory sport
Memory sport, sometimes referred to as competitive memory or the mind sport of memory, refers to competitions in which participants attempt to memorize then recall different forms of information, under certain guidelines.
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Method of loci
The method of loci (loci being Latin for "places") is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualizations with the use of spatial memory, familiar information about one's environment, to quickly and efficiently recall information.
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Mnemonic
A mnemonic (the first "m" is silent) device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory.
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Mnemonic peg system
The mnemonic peg system, invented by Henry Herdson is a memory aid that works by creating mental associations between two concrete objects in a one-to-one fashion that will later be applied to to-be-remembered information.
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Noun
A noun (from Latin nōmen, literally meaning "name") is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.
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Periodic table
The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, whose structure shows periodic trends.
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Phonetics
Phonetics (pronounced) is the branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.
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Pi
The number is a mathematical constant.
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Pierre Hérigone
Pierre Hérigone (Latinized as Petrus Herigonius) (1580–1643) was a French mathematician and astronomer.
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Puritans
The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.
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Random access
In computer science, random access (more precisely and more generally called direct access) is the ability to access any item of data from a population of addressable elements roughly as easily and efficiently as any other, no matter how many elements may be in the set.
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Rhoticity in English
Rhoticity in English refers to English speakers' pronunciation of the historical rhotic consonant, and is one of the most prominent distinctions by which varieties of English can be classified.
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Richard Grey (priest)
Richard Grey D.D. (6 April 1696Richard Sharp, ‘Grey, Richard (1696–1771)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. – 28 February 1771) was an English churchman and author, archdeacon of Bedford from 1757.
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Roman numerals
The numeric system represented by Roman numerals originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.
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Script typeface
Script typefaces are based upon the varied and often fluid stroke created by handwriting.
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Semivowel
In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel or glide, also known as a non-syllabic vocoid, is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.
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Serif
In typography, a serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.
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Shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language.
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Silent letter
In an alphabetic writing system, a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation.
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Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein
Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein (also Wenusheim, Winusheim) was the pseudonym of Johann Just Winkelmann (1620 - 1699), under which he introduced a famous mnemonic system known as the major system (also called phonetic system or phonetic mnemonic system), which is over 300 years old and is used for memorizing numbers.
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Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
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Voice (phonetics)
Voice is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).
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Von Restorff effect
The von Restorff effect, also known as the "isolation effect", predicts that when multiple homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus that differs from the rest is more likely to be remembered.
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Vowel
A vowel is one of the two principal classes of speech sound, the other being a consonant.
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William Beveridge (bishop)
William Beveridge (1637 – 5 March 1708) was an English writer and clergyman who served as Bishop of St Asaph from 1704 until his death.
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Xenon
Xenon is a chemical element with symbol Xe and atomic number 54.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic_major_system
