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muscle memory

[ muhs-uhl mem-uh-ree ]

noun

  1. Psychology, Physiology. the ability, acquired through repetition, to complete a particular muscular movement quickly, efficiently, and without conscious effort.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of muscle memory1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Trumpeters need to play all the time because of the embouchure and muscle memory.

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“It was about building it up in layers to create this muscle memory for the actors, so they know exactly where they need to be,” Barantini adds.

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I had to unlearn the muscle memory of taking people to a poignant place and then relieving that tension with a punch line.

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However, the club seems to have muscle memory when it comes to the Europa League.

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The impulse to help during disaster or tragedy — to fill in the cracks that underserved groups often fall through when it comes to distribution of aid — is activated like muscle memory within the broader L.A.

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