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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STENOGRAPHY, n. [supra.] The art of writing in short hand by using abbreviations or characters for whole words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy]
2: the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no longer a marketable skill"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1602 1. the art or process of writing in shorthand 2. shorthand especially written from dictation or oral discourse 3. the making of shorthand notes and subsequent transcription of them • stenographic adjective • stenographically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. shorthand or the art of writing this. Derivatives: stenographer n. stenographic adj. Etymology: Gk stenos narrow + -GRAPHY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stenography Ste*nog"ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? narrow, close + graphy: cf. F. st['e]nographie, G. stenographie.] The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Shorthand, tachygraphy, brachygraphy.