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echoic memory

echoic memory noun: a type of sensory memory that briefly holds audio information for about 4 seconds.

Noun

echoic memory (countable and uncountable, plural echoic memories)

  1. A type of sensory memory that briefly holds audio information for about 4 seconds.

Forms of echoic memory

pluralechoic memories

Questions about echoic memory

What does echoic memory mean?
Echoic memory means a type of sensory memory that briefly holds audio information for about 4 seconds.
What part of speech is echoic memory?
Echoic memory is a noun.
What is the plural of echoic memory?
The plural of echoic memory is echoic memories.

Words near echoic memory in the dictionary

  1. echography
  2. echohysterosalpingography
  3. echoi
  4. echoic
  5. echoic memories
  6. echoic memory
  7. echoically
  8. echoicity
  9. echoier
  10. echoiest
  11. echoiness

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