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stenotypy|ˈstɛnəʊtaɪpɪ|
[f. prec.: see -y.]
1. A method of representing shorthand characters and outlines by ordinary type-letters.
1891Century Dict.
2. a. The art of using the stenotyper. b. Typewritten shorthand.
1899Daily News 19 July 7/3 To read stenotypy the eye must learn a new style of type. 1904Daily Record & Mail 9 May 4 The London Chamber of Commerce (which has included stenotypy in its syllabus as a special subject).
So ˈstenotyper, a shorthand typewriting machine; stenoˈtypic a., of, pertaining to, or printed by stenotypy (rare); stenoˈtyping vbl. n.; ˈstenoˌtypist, one skilled in stenotypy.
1889Cent. Dict., Stenotypic. 1898Business Lett. in Stenotypy 2 Instructions for using the Stenotyper. Ibid. 19 A thoroughly capable Stenotypist and typist. 1908Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 765/1 A simple machine, the ‘stenotyper’, has been devised. Ibid. Oct. 766/1 One stenotypist can be retained..solely for dictation purposes. 1946Nature 17 Aug. 217/2 A judicious combination of this privilege [sc. emendation] with verbatim reporting by the new stenotypic method has resulted in a lively and informal record. 1951Catal. Exhibits, South Bank Exhib., Festival of Britain p. liii, The only British system of stenotyping (machine shorthand). 1978Stenotyping [see stenographer]. 1979‘A. Hailey’ Overload ii. viii. 148 A male stenotypist, who was keeping the official commission record, flipped back through the folded tape of his notes. 1980‘E. Anthony’ Defector ix. 223 There was a stenotyper who recorded every word spoken. |