variants
or less commonly engramme
: a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace
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Prime engrams can drop from all end-of-run engrams, not just the completion one (though presumably Solo Ops Primes have one less power).
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
First, the engram cells that initially encoded a learning experience were reactivated, indicating that consolidation was taking place.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Just because these are old passes, that does not mean those engrams are stuck at lower power.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
First, the engram cells that initially encoded a learning experience were reactivated, indicating that consolidation was taking place.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Just because these are old passes, that does not mean those engrams are stuck at lower power.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Engram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engram. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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engram
noun
en·gram
variants
also engramme
: a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace
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