"photographic memory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photographic memories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} photographic memory (plural photographic memories)
  1. (neuroscience) The ability to recall images, sounds, smells, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume. Categories (topical): Neuroscience, Memory Synonyms: eidetic memory Translations (eidetic memory): 照相機般的記憶力 (Chinese Mandarin), 照相机般的记忆力 (zhàoxiàngjī bān de jìyìlì) (Chinese Mandarin), fotografisch geheugen [neuter] (Dutch), valokuvamuisti (Finnish), memória fotográfica [feminine] (Portuguese), fotografik hafıza (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-photographic_memory-en-noun-ciZKU4dt Disambiguation of Memory: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 88 12 Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences Disambiguation of 'eidetic memory': 96 4
  2. (uncommon) A photograph of a location, place or event that one may desire to remember or recall. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-photographic_memory-en-noun-s7i0HXu6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: total recall

Inflected forms

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