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Tachygraphy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TACHYG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. quick, and to write.] The art or practice of quick writing. [We now use stenography, and shorthand writing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 stenography, esp. that of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 2 the abbreviated medieval writing of Greek and Latin. Derivatives: tachygrapher n. tachygraphic adj. tachygraphical adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tachygraphy Ta*chyg"ra*phy, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie.] The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Stenography, shorthand, brachygraphy, tacheography.