Retentivity: alternatives and connections

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any…

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The quality of being impermeable.

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A model or measure.

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A recalling to mind; recollection.

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The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminis…

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The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

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Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

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The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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The quality of being retentive.

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