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Noun: steno  ste-now
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
    - shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy
     
  2. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
    - stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist
     
  3. The act or art of writing in shorthand
    - stenography

Derived forms: stenos

Type of: hand, handwriting, script, secretarial assistant, secretary

Encyclopedia: Steno, Salamis