Mnemonics dictionary

• The mnemonic must start with a letter. • No white, blank spaces, tabs, or any special characters are allowed. However, underscore characters "_" are allowed. • The mnemonics can freely combine uppercase and lowercase letters. However, prefer uppercase letters for maximum compatibility between different software vendors. Detection of mnemonics are case insensitive. • Non unique mnemonics are allowed in the same LAS file. Different LAS curves can have the same mnemonic —unfortunately it is quite common and confusing—. However, it is a bad practice to use the same mnemonic for different curves. It is virtually impossible to provide a complete collection of "standard" curve mnemonics. They can be counted by hundreds or even thousands, and growing. Each logging company assigns its own mnemonics, and each interpreter usually assigns its own mnemonics, with versions and initials. It is normal. An Alias is a short meaningful word —with the same rules as the mnemonics— intended to simplify the broad diversity of mnemonics curves. For instance, several LAS files can easily have many curve mnemonics for Gamma Ray, like GR, GR1, GAMMA, GR3, all of the them with similar properties and different qualities and resolutions. An alias simply called GammaRay could be a candidate for such collection of mnemonics. The following list is our recommended collection of aliases for typical mnemonics. It is far from exhaustive, but usually gives an idea of the meaning of commonly encountered curve...

Recent Examples on the Web Mitchell’s third fallacy centers on wishful mnemonics. — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2021 People can boost their working memory by using certain mnemonics, or memory tricks. — Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2011 The take-home is that the terms for each quanta are only mnemonics. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2012 Musculoskeletal mnemonics: differentiating features. — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2012 Murphy said many birders use mnemonics to remember a particular sound. — Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2021 The pictographs act as mnemonics, to help the shaman remember the sequence of events and the meanings of rituals. — National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2020 Among other topics, that work reflects on the use of poetic mnemonics as navigational tools. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 26 Aug. 2020 See More These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mnemonics.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

At the beginning of Daylight-Saving Time, we all spring our clocks forward one hour … and gripe about losing an hour of sleep. Then, we all turn around a few months later, fall back, and thank our lucky stars that we get some extra shuteye. The official term for it is daylight-savings time (because we all ended up saying this version more … it’s now official), but the easiest way we’ve found to keep DST straight is the helpful little expression spring forward, fall back. Spring forward and fall back are what we call mnemonics. Mnemonics (named after the Are these lakes great or what? From west to east, the lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. They’re easier to remember with this phrase: Super Man Helps Every One. Or, if you just want to remember them without regard to placement, try HOMES. Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. Whatever works! Take off, eh? A terrific mnemonic for remembering six Canadian provinces in order from west to east is BASMOQ. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. But then, of course, you’ve got to add the somewhat more complicated NNN and & (which some use to remember the rest: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island). Treble clef musicians, take note Notes on the lines of the treble clef are E, G, B, D, and F. Thus, we get the mnemonic Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Favor also works for the F. The notes for the spaces are even easier: FACE. All th...