MEMORIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does memorization mean? 

• MEMORIZATION (noun)
  The noun MEMORIZATION has 1 sense:

1. learning so as to be able to remember verbatim

  Familiarity information: MEMORIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMORIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Learning so as to be able to remember verbatim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

committal to memory; memorisation; memorization

Context example:

the actor's memorization of his lines

Hypernyms ("memorization" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "memorization"):

rote; rote learning (memorization by repetition)

Derivation:

memorize (commit to memory; learn by heart)

 Context examples 

For example, we still do not fully understand how the brain performs such functions as memorization, learning, and forgetting, and how the brain becomes alert and returns to calm.

(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Using this network, the team was able to generate electrical characteristics similar to those associated with higher-order brain functions unique to humans, such as memorization, learning, forgetting, becoming alert and returning to calm.

(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The research team measured the processes of current pathway formation, retention and deactivation while electric current was flowing through the network and found that these processes always fluctuate as they progress, similar to the human brain’s memorization, learning, and forgetting processes.

(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)