long-term memory

long-term memory

n

(Psychology) Psychol that section of the memory storage system in which experiences are stored on a semipermanent basis Compare short-term memory

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long-term memory - your general store of remembered information LTM remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" episodic memory, personal memory - memory for episodes in your own life semantic memory - your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts motor memory, muscle memory - your memory for motor skills