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Shorthand :: Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography..

Tachygraphy :: Tachygraphy (n.) The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..

Stenographic :: Stenographer (n.) One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.

Stenophyllous :: Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand..

Tachygraphical :: Tachygraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.

Tironian :: Tironian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome..

Stenographer :: Stenograph (n.) A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

Notary :: Notary (n.) One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body..

Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..

Sigla :: Sigla (n. pl.) The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc..

Ideography :: Ideography (n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc..

Longhand :: Longhand (n.) The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

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