phonography

American  

[foh-nog-ruh-fee] / foʊˈnɒg rə fi /

noun

plural

phonographies

1. phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.

2. a system of phonetic shorthand, as that invented by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837.

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phonography British  

/ fəʊˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a writing system that represents sounds by individual symbols Compare logography

2. the employment of such a writing system

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Other Word Forms

• phonographer noun
• phonographist noun

Etymology

Origin of phonography

First recorded in 1695–1705; phono- + -graphy

Example Sentences

The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this phonography really amounts to a study of the cheapest way of spelling words.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

This begins with about twenty pages of words that can be read at once by those who have used the "First Nursery Reading-Book," because the Roman alphabet is a phonography for it all.

From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.

So telegraphy, photography, phonography and all such inventions and wonderful arts were at one time hidden mysteries.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Isaac Pitman was the originator and father of scientific phonography.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark