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stenograph

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sten⋅o⋅graph

[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)
3. to write in shorthand.

Origin:
1815–25; steno- + -graph
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sten·o·graph   (stěn'ə-grāf')   
n.  
  1. A keyboard machine for reproducing letters in a shorthand system.

  2. A character in shorthand.

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