Meaning & use
stenograph
A machine used to record speech quickly in shorthand symbols.
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The court reporter typed testimony on a stenograph throughout the trial.
Learning to use a stenograph accurately takes months of steady practice.
A note on using this word
Stenograph can also be used as a verb meaning to write in shorthand, though the machine sense is more common today.
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2. verb
To write or record speech using shorthand symbols.
She stenographed the entire meeting so nothing important would be lost.
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