flashcard

US/ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: flashcards

A flashcard is a small card with the word on one side and its meaning on the other. Use flashcards.

Testing yourself works far better than rereading, which is what makes the method effective. A flashcard reviewed just before you would forget is the whole idea behind spaced repetition.

Definitions of flashcard

1nounflashcardA small card with the word on one side and its meaning on the other.B1
“Two hundred flashcards got him through the whole vocabulary paper.”

flashcard is a card.

Where it comes from

Flash plus card, from showing the card in a flash.

From flash + card.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in School & Learning

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flashcard in the wild

The desktop version of SuperMemo started as a flashcard software).
SuperMemo
A flashcard or flash card is a card bearing information on both sides, usually intended to practice and/or aid memorization.
Flashcard
Typically, each flashcard bears a question or definition on one side and an answer or target term on the other.
Flashcard
Users can also add Kanji to their "learn list" and get simple flashcard quizzes where the Kanji is displayed along with possible meanings to choose from.
Kiten (program)
The Leitner system is a widely used method of efficiently using flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in 1972.
Leitner system

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