Mnemonic vs. Sludge

Mnemonicadjective

Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

Mnemonicnoun

Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

Mnemonicnoun

(computing) The textual, human-readable form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.

Mnemonicadjective

Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic device.

Mnemonicnoun

Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse.

Mnemonicnoun

An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field.

Mnemonicadjective

of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory;

Mnemonicnoun

a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something

Mnemonicadjective

aiding or designed to aid the memory.

Mnemonicadjective

relating to the power of memory.

Mnemonic

A mnemonic () device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory. Mnemonics make use of elaborative encoding, retrieval cues, and imagery as specific tools to encode information in a way that allows for efficient storage and retrieval.

Sludgenoun

Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

Sludgenoun

A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.

Sludgenoun

A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

Sludgenoun

A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

Sludgenoun

sludge metal

Sludgeverb

to slump or slouch.

Sludgeverb

(intransitive) to slop or drip slowly.

Sludgenoun

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

Sludgenoun

Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.

Sludgenoun

See Slime, 4.

Sludgenoun

Anything resembling mud or slush; as: (a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. (b) Mud from a drill hole in boring. (c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. (d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc. (e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.

Sludgenoun

the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

Sludgenoun

any thick messy substance

Sludgenoun

thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process

Sludgenoun

dirty oil, especially in the sump of an internal combustion engine.

Sludgenoun

an unattractive muddy shade of brown or green

Sludgenoun

sea ice newly formed in small pieces.

Sludge

Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. For example, it can be produced as a settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment, as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment processes or as fecal sludge from pit latrines and septic tanks.