tachygraph

[tak-i-graf, -grahf]

noun

1. tachygraphic writing.

2. a person who writes or is skilled in writing tachygraphy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tachygraph¹

First recorded in 1800–10; tachy- + -graph

Example Sentences

A mathematical instrument maker at Paris, of the name of Conti, has conceived the notion of a portable instrument which he calls a tachygraph, by means of which any person may write, or rather print, as fast as any other person can speak.

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