memory trace

Questions about memory trace

What is another word for memory trace?

It depends which memory trace you mean. In the sense “a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory”, the synonyms are engram. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of memory trace?

WordNet records no antonym for memory trace. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for memory trace come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of memory trace

• Full entry for memory traceAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for memory traceWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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