memory trace

1. 1.

   a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

   Synonymsengram

   Broadermemory

Questions about memory trace

What does memory trace mean?

memory trace means "a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory".

What is another word for memory trace?

Close synonyms include engram. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is memory trace a common word?

memory trace is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.