Stenography

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stenography \Ste*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. steno`s narrow, close +
     graphy: cf. F. st['e]nographie, G. stenographie.]
     The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or
     characters for whole words; shorthand.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stenography
       n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: {shorthand}]
       2: the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no
          longer a marketable skill"