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  stenotype

  noun

  a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
• Stenotype
  Stenotype

  noun

  a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches, etc, in a phonetic shorthand

stenotype

American  

[sten-uh-tahyp] / ˈstɛn əˌtaɪp /

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.

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Stenotype British  

/ ˈstɛnəˌtaɪp /

noun

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

2. any machine resembling this

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

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Etymology

Origin of stenotype

Formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

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To bad his stenotype machine wasn’t connected to the Internet.

From Time ● Apr. 3, 2014

Similar to the stenotype is the veyboard, which was originally developed in the Netherlands as an alternative stenotype keyboard called the tachotype, in 1933.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2012

As with the stenotype, some letters are on the keyboard, but others must be produced by hitting two keys at the same time.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2012

Now, even as Dagdigian's fingers touch the keys of his stenotype machine in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

Stenotype machines are wired directly to the transcription computer, and their output is immediately flashed on the monitors in the courtroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stenotype is a small machine with 23 keys, with which a stenographer can record 150 to 280 words a minute.

From Time Magazine Archive