atmiņa

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Etymology

From at- +‎ miņa (memory, remembrance). Cognate with Lithuanian atminimas (remembrance).

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atmiņa f (4th declension)

  1. memory (the capacity of the central nervous system to store received information and sensory impressions and to bring them back to consciousness)
    laba, vāja atmiņagood, weak memory
    vingrināt atmiņuto exercise (one's) memory
    paļauties uz savu atmiņuto rely on one's memory
    redzes, dzirdes atmiņavisual, auditory memory
    pēc kara viņš atgriežas mājās, pilnīgi zaudējis atmiņuafter the war he came back home, having completely lost (his) memory
  2. (only singular) memory, recollection (the act or state of becoming conscious of information or sensory impressions from the past)
    atsaukt atmiņā pagātnes notikumusto call past events back to memory
    paturēt atmiņā vajadzīgos faktusto keep the necessary facts in memory
    iepiesties atmiņato become impressed in (one's) memory
    izgaist no atmiņasto fade from memory
    atmiņā ataust bērnu dienas(one's) childhood dawns in (= comes back to) memory
    brauciens no Rīga uz Liepāju spilgti palicis atmiņāthe trip from Riga to Liepāja remained vividly in (his) memory
    spēcīga zemes smarža nāca man atmīņāa strong smell of earth came to my memory
  3. (usually plural) memories (information or impressions from the past that were retained in one's consciousness)
    bērnības atmiņaschildhood memories
    jaukas atmiņaspleasant memories
    uzrakstīt atmiņasto write down (one's) memories
    atmiņu krājumsa collection of memories
    uzpeldēja smieklīga atmiņaa funny memory emerged
    un tagad nekad viņas vairs nebūs... paliks atmiņas, skumjais un sāpīgi skaistais priekšstats par kādreiz bijušoand now she will never be (= exist) again... (only) memories will remain, the sad and painfully beautiful picture of what once was
  4. (computing) memory (the part of a computer that stores data or executable code)
    ierakstīt datus elektroniskajā atmiņāto record data in electronic memory
    izdzēst no atmiņasto delete, to erase from memory
    mūsdienu elektroniskās atmiņās iekārtas spēj iegaumēt informāciju daudz ātrāk nekā cilvēkstoday's electronic memory devices are able to memorize information much faster than people
    elektriskās pārmaiņas, kas norisinās tikai vienu reizi, var novērot, lietojot speciālus katodstaru oscilogrāfus ar atmiņuelectrical changes that happen only once can be observed with the help of special cathod-ray oscillographers with memory

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