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stenograph

[ sten-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

  1. any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
  2. a character written in shorthand.


verb (used with object)

  1. to write in shorthand.

stenograph

/ -ˌɡrɑːf; ˈstɛnəˌɡræf /

noun

  1. any of various keyboard machines for writing in shorthand
  2. any character used in shorthand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to record (speeches, minutes, letters, etc) in shorthand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of stenograph1

First recorded in 1815–25; steno- + -graph
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But in Mac’s retelling, if Socrates has a foil, it’s Plato himself, who lurks around the action, taking it all down on an ancient Greek stenograph.

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A media staffer noticed Hayes, Kaminsky and Dekker eyeing the stenograph machine after their game late Friday night and invited them to check it out.

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He was so at ease with himself that when he arrived, minutes later, at his news conference, he asked to sit down at the stenograph machine and tried typing out a few words.

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Mother Learns a New Skill and How to Calm Her Child All of her hours practicing on a stenograph keyboard have brought Stephanie VanBuren equal amounts of insight and frustration, reassurance and doubt.

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I cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed to take my note-book out and begin to stenograph his story.

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