stenotype

[ sten-uh-tahyp ]
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noun
  1. a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.

  2. the symbols typed in one stroke on this machine.

Origin of stenotype

1
Formerly a trademark

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How to use stenotype in a sentence

  • Copper watched Kennon as he dictated the covering letter, her slim fingers dancing over the stenotype.

    The Lani People | J. F. Bone

British Dictionary definitions for Stenotype

Stenotype

/ (ˈstɛnəˌtaɪp) /


noun
  1. trademark a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches, etc, in a phonetic shorthand

  2. any machine resembling this

  1. the phonetic symbol typed in one stroke of such a machine

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