memorythreshold
nounUK /ˈmɛməri ˈθrɛʃhəʊld/
US /ˈmɛməri ˈθrɛʃhoʊld/
The point where your brain can only hold so much before it starts to forget.
After studying for three hours, I hit my memorythreshold and couldn't remember anything else.
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2. The smallest amount of something that triggers a memory.
The smell of cookies was just above my memorythreshold and brought back childhood.
3. In computing, the limit of data a system can store before slowing down.
The app crashed because it reached its memorythreshold.
4. The moment when a repeated action becomes easy to remember.
After five tries, the password finally crossed my memorythreshold.