stenotypyn.
/ˈstɛnəʊtʌɪpi/ 1. A method of representing shorthand characters and outlines by ordinary type-letters.
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stenotypy1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Stenotypy, a method of representing or describing shorthand characters and outlines by ordinary type-letters.
2.
a. The art of using the stenotyper.
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society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > using specific type of machine
stenotypy1904
stenotyping1951
Varityping1960
1904 Daily Record (Glasgow) 9 May 4 The London Chamber of Commerce (which has included stenotypy in its syllabus as a special subject).
b. Typewritten shorthand.
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society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > typewritten material > typewritten shorthand
stenotypy1899
Palantype1940
1899 Daily News 19 July 7/3 To read stenotypy the eye must learn a new style of type.
Derivatives
ˈstenotyper n. a shorthand typewriting machine; (also) = stenotypist n.
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society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > kinds of
typograph1820
printing key frame1851
dial writer1883
stenograph1891
stenotyper1898
stenotype1913
Brailler1951
electronic typewriter1957
manual1972
1898 Business Lett. in Stenotypy 2 Instructions for using the Stenotyper.
1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 765/1 A simple machine, the ‘stenotyper’, has been devised.
1980 ‘E. Anthony’ Defector ix. 223 There was a stenotyper who recorded every word spoken.
stenoˈtypic adj. of, relating to, or printed by stenotypy (rare).
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1889 Cent. Dict. Stenotypic.
1946 Nature 17 Aug. 217/2 A judicious combination of this privilege [i.e. emendation] with verbatim reporting by the new stenotypic method has resulted in a lively and informal record.
stenoˈtyping n.
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society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > using specific type of machine
stenotypy1904
stenotyping1951
Varityping1960
1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) p. liii The only British system of stenotyping (machine shorthand).
1978 A. Maling Lucky Devil xxx. 159 Taught herself stenotyping, and now she's a legal stenographer.
ˈstenoˌtypist n. a person skilled in stenotypy.
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society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > shorthand
stenotypist1898
shorthand typist1901
stenog1909
stenographer1921
steno1928
1898 Business Lett. in Stenotypy 19 A thoroughly capable Stenotypist and typist.
1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 766/1 One stenotypist can be retained..solely for dictation purposes.
1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) ii. viii. 148 A male stenotypist, who was keeping the official commission record, flipped back through the folded tape of his notes.
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