Eidetic
In Ryder's room on the Hyperion there is there is a memory trigger. Interacting with the trigger starts a conversation with SAM. SAM explains that it is an eidetic trigger related to Alec and the portions of SAM's memory that he locked. SAM is programmed to unlock blocked memories as you find more memory triggers.
What does eidetic mean? Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images. Eight definition: 1. The number 8: 2. The number 8: 3. Eidetic or photographic memory. The terms eidetic memory and photographic memory are commonly used interchangeably, but they are also distinguished. Scholar Annette Kujawski Taylor stated, 'In eidetic memory, a person has an almost faithful mental image snapshot or photograph of an event in their memory.
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(eidetic
adjective Referring to vividly precise and accurate recollection of objects, events, sounds or other imagery previously perceived.ei·det·ic
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eidetic
Strikingly vivid, detailed and accurate, allowing an extraordinarily lifelike imaging, or sometimes rehearing, of past experience.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
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Origin of eidetic
Eidetic
- German eidetischfrom Greek eidosformweid- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Germaneidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidetikos), from εἶδος (eidos, “form”).
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