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Noun: stenography  stu'nó-gru-fee
  1. A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
    "stenography is a form of tachygraphy used by many secretaries";
    - shorthand, tachygraphy, steno [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. The act or art of writing in shorthand
    "Court reporters use stenography to record legal proceedings verbatim";
    - steno [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: stenographies

Type of: hand, handwriting, script, writing

Encyclopedia: Stenography