stenograph

[ sten-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun
  1. any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.

  2. a character written in shorthand.

verb (used with object)
  1. to write in shorthand.

Origin of stenograph

1
First recorded in 1815–25; steno- + -graph

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British Dictionary definitions for stenograph

stenograph

/ (ˈstɛnəˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) /


noun
  1. any of various keyboard machines for writing in shorthand

  2. any character used in shorthand

verb
  1. (tr) to record (speeches, minutes, letters, etc) in shorthand

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