Any of various systems of shorthand, esp. that used by Bathsua Reginald (1600–75).

A code or cipher; the action or practice of creating, writing, or deciphering such a code. Now frequently historical.

Of or pertaining to Tiro, the freedman of Cicero: Tironian notes, a system of shorthand in use in ancient Rome, said to have been invented or…

a system of shorthand based on a phonetic representation of speech-sounds.

spec. Isaac Pitman's name for: the system of phonetic shorthand that he invented in 1837.

The representation of phrases or sentences by phraseograms, esp. in Pitman's shorthand system; the use of phraseograms.

(The name of) a system of shorthand. Obsolete. rare.

attributive and in the genitive. Relating to or designating a phonetic system of shorthand notation, originally devised by Pitman.

Also in form Pitman's. Pitman's shorthand; (also occasionally) shorthand writing.

the proprietary name of a form of shorthand which uses the letters of the alphabet.

A system of shorthand for the Afrikaans language. Also attributive.