phonography
Americannoun
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phonographies
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phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
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a system of phonetic shorthand, as that invented by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837.
noun
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a writing system that represents sounds by individual symbols Compare logography
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the employment of such a writing system
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The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing.
From Time Magazine Archive
It should be added, however, that a knowledge of working on the type-writer should accompany the ability to write phonography.
From Work for Women by George J. Manson
The printer is, by the way, not the only artisan whose occupation phonography has destroyed.
From With The Eyes Shut 1898 by Edward Bellamy
The fact is, they are all based on the original phonography of Isaac Pitman, who himself, by the way, was the first to set the example of making changes and "improvements."
From Work for Women by George J. Manson
For example, in former times the telegraph, which causes the East and the West to communicate, was unknown but not impossible; photography and phonography were unknown but not impossible.”
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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